self-interest
Example Sentences
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Because they’re perceived as going against their own self-interest, female misogynists tend to get more of a hearing, which isn’t true.
From Salon
And that schism is not because rural voters misunderstand their “self-interest” or because racial dog whistles have led them astray.
From Salon
“But individual blacks are breaking away from the group, putting their self-interest ahead of groupthink, asserting their political individuality.”
“I don’t take positions for my own self-interest,” he writes.
History is full of ambitious international agreements that collapse under self-interest, misaligned incentives or inertia.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.