selfish

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• /ˈsɛlf.ɪʃ/
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• [ˈsɛɫ̥fɪʃ]
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• rhymes with -ɛlfɪʃ
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From self + -ish. Compare Danish selvisk (“selfish”), Swedish självisk (“selfish”).

124 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Azerbaijani: xudbin — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• Belarusian: эгаісты́чны (ehaistýčny) — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• Bengali: স্বার্থপর (śarthopor) — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• Bulgarian: егоистичен (egoističen) — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• Bulgarian: себичен (sebičen) — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• Catalan: egoista — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• Chinese Cantonese: 自私 (zi6 si1) — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• Chinese Mandarin: 自私 (zìsī) — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• Czech: sobecký — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• Danish: selvisk — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• Danish: egoistisk — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• Esperanto: egoisma — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• Esperanto: memama — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• Finnish: itsekäs — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• Finnish: itsekeskeinen — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• French: égoïste — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• Galician: egoísta — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• German: egoistisch — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• German: selbstsüchtig — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• German: egozentrisch — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• Gothic: 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐍃 (seinagairns) — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• Greek: εγωιστής (egoïstís) — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• Hindi: स्वार्थी (svārthī) — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• Hindi: मतलबी (matalbī) — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• Hungarian: önző — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• Indonesian: egoistis — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• Indonesian: keaukuan — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• Irish: leithleach — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• Irish: cóngarach duit féin — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• Irish: féineach — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• Italian: egoista — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• Italian: egoistico — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• Japanese: 自分本位の (jibunhon'i no) — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• Japanese: 勝手な (katte na) — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• Japanese: 身勝手な (migatte na) — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• Japanese: 自分勝手な (jibunkatte na) — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• Kabuverdianu: langon — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• Kazakh: өзімшіл (özımşıl) — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• Korean: 이기적(利己的)이다 (igijeog-ida) — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• Korean: 자기 본위(自己本位)의 (jagi bonwi-ui) — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• Korean: 제멋대로 하다 (jemeotdaero hada) — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• Kyrgyz: өзүмчүл (özümcül) — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• Lithuanian: savanaudis — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• Malayalam: സ്വാർത്ഥ (svāṟttha) — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• Māori: kaiapo — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• Māori: tūmatarau — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• Norman: offrun — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• Norwegian Bokmål: selvisk — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• Norwegian Bokmål: egoistisk — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sjølvisk — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• Norwegian Nynorsk: egoistisk — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• Polish: egoistyczny — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• Polish: samolubny — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• Portuguese: egoísta — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• Romanian: egoist — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• Russian: эгоисти́чный (egoistíčnyj) — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• Sanskrit: स्वार्थिन् (svārthin) — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• Scottish Gaelic: fèineil — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• Serbo-Croatian: sebičan — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• Slovak: sebecký — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• Spanish: egoísta — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• Swedish: självisk — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• Swedish: självcentrerad — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• Turkish: bencil — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• Turkish: egoist — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• Turkish: hodbin — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• Turkish: hodkâm — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• Ukrainian: егоїсти́чний (ehojistýčnyj) — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• Ukrainian: кори́сливий (korýslyvyj) — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• Urdu: خود غرض (xud ġarz) — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• Zazaki: pexil — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• Zazaki: pekhil — holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making
• Arabic: أَنَانِيّ (ʔanāniyy) — having regard for one's own well-being above that of others
• Azerbaijani: xudbin — having regard for one's own well-being above that of others
• Bengali: স্বার্থপর (śarthopor) — having regard for one's own well-being above that of others
• Bulgarian: егоистичен (egoističen) — having regard for one's own well-being above that of others
• Catalan: egoista — having regard for one's own well-being above that of others
• Czech: sobecký — having regard for one's own well-being above that of others
• Danish: selvisk — having regard for one's own well-being above that of others
• Danish: egoistisk — having regard for one's own well-being above that of others
• Dutch: egoïstisch — having regard for one's own well-being above that of others
• Dutch: zelfzuchtig — having regard for one's own well-being above that of others
• Esperanto: egoisma — having regard for one's own well-being above that of others
• Esperanto: memama — having regard for one's own well-being above that of others
• Finnish: itsekäs — having regard for one's own well-being above that of others
• Finnish: itsekeskeinen — having regard for one's own well-being above that of others
• French: égoïste — having regard for one's own well-being above that of others
• German: egoistisch — having regard for one's own well-being above that of others
• German: selbstsüchtig — having regard for one's own well-being above that of others
• German: egozentrisch — having regard for one's own well-being above that of others
• Greek: εγωιστικός (egoïstikós) — having regard for one's own well-being above that of others
• Hungarian: egoista — having regard for one's own well-being above that of others
• Icelandic: sjálfhverfur — having regard for one's own well-being above that of others
• Indonesian: egoistis — having regard for one's own well-being above that of others
• Indonesian: keaukuan — having regard for one's own well-being above that of others
• Irish: leithleach — having regard for one's own well-being above that of others
• Italian: egoista — having regard for one's own well-being above that of others
• Italian: egoistico — having regard for one's own well-being above that of others
• Japanese: わがままな (wagamama na) — having regard for one's own well-being above that of others
• Japanese: 我が儘な (wagamama na) — having regard for one's own well-being above that of others
• Japanese: 利己的な (rikoteki na) — having regard for one's own well-being above that of others
• Korean: 자애적(自愛的)이다 (jaaejeog-ida) — having regard for one's own well-being above that of others
• Central Kurdish: خۆ پەرِست (xo perist) — having regard for one's own well-being above that of others
• Lithuanian: savanaudis — having regard for one's own well-being above that of others
• Norman: offrun — having regard for one's own well-being above that of others
• Norwegian Bokmål: selvisk — having regard for one's own well-being above that of others
• Norwegian Bokmål: egoistisk — having regard for one's own well-being above that of others
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sjølvisk — having regard for one's own well-being above that of others
• Norwegian Nynorsk: egoistisk — having regard for one's own well-being above that of others
• Polish: samolubny — having regard for one's own well-being above that of others
• Portuguese: egoísta — having regard for one's own well-being above that of others
• Romanian: egoist — having regard for one's own well-being above that of others
• Russian: эгоисти́чный (egoistíčnyj) — having regard for one's own well-being above that of others
• Sanskrit: स्वार्थिन् (svārthin) — having regard for one's own well-being above that of others
• Scottish Gaelic: fèineil — having regard for one's own well-being above that of others
• Slovak: sebecký — having regard for one's own well-being above that of others
• Spanish: egoísta — having regard for one's own well-being above that of others
• Swedish: egoistisk — having regard for one's own well-being above that of others
• Swedish: självisk — having regard for one's own well-being above that of others
• Turkish: bencil — having regard for one's own well-being above that of others
• Turkish: egoist — having regard for one's own well-being above that of others
• Turkish: hodbin — having regard for one's own well-being above that of others
• Turkish: hodkâm — having regard for one's own well-being above that of others
• Vietnamese: ích kỷ — having regard for one's own well-being above that of others