self-interest
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- noun
- /ˈsɛlfˈɪntrəst/
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- In business, some decisions are made purely out of self-interest rather than for the common good.
- in one's own self-interest
- pursuit of self-interest
- appeal to self-interest
Even your own narrow self-interest would require that.
- Even your own narrow self-interest would require that.
- And when is self-interest creeping in?
- So self-interest demands that you seek peace if you can.
- I have to convince them that it's in their self-interest to buy what I want to sell.
- They will always serve their self-image above their self-interest.
- And she can't do it because of her own self-interest.
- It's really just about power itself and naked self-interest.
- We're doing this out of complete self-interest.
- There's just individuals pursuing their self-interest.
- I will say, yeah, you try to get get them to do what's in their own self-interest, but it has to be their idea.
Examples
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Now, self-interest can lead us to do things that are harmful to each other.
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I think you and I have matters of mutual self-interest to discuss.
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And it is in their self-interest that they are creating this this production.
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And yet we have had a small group of people who it is not in their self-interest to have those solutions made.
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There is no one without self-interest, no one in all this court.
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For some, it has been based on self-interest and political goals.
Academic text (2017) -
So self-interest demands that you seek peace if you can.
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Still, this result suggests that self-interest might not be as powerful as we often think.
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I have to convince them that it's in their self-interest to buy what I want to sell.
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Prosperity is born of self-interest and competition.
Synonyms
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Caring only about yourself and not about other people
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Taking chances to help yourself even if it hurts others or your values
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Only caring about your own needs and wants
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A habit of caring mainly about your own needs and not others
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Believing your own needs and views are more important than other people's
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A habit of putting your own needs before other people's
Doing things only to get personal gain while ignoring other people
Putting your own needs before the needs of other people
Care for your own needs and interests
Antonyms
How Selfish
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Self-interest is made of self ('your own') and interest ('something that benefits you' or 'what matters to you'). So, to act from self-interest is to do what helps yourself or puts your own benefit first.