selfness
Example Sentences
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She asks each of these people to stand tall in their selfness, holding a mirror to their passions — “the deer, in its shuttlecock moment,” she writes, “to let us watch ourselves” — and reminds them they each bear deep meaning.
From Seattle Times
I would say that last sunday we had a result of what has been going on over this past few months,by the way, years of interests and selfness among our politicians, and unfortunately the population has to pay the price with high unemployment rates, high prices on goods and the highest government taxes ever,so we have been facing a bunch of problems for several months and it's getting to point people won't take any word coming from Brasilia.
From New York Times
There is no amount of lawlessness we will not, at our convenience, argue was bestirred by someone else’s choices or selfness or lack of vigilance.
From The Guardian
It's not selfish, it's selfness.
From US News
For the next two weeks, start giving yourself "random acts of selfness."
From US News
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
