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self-serving
adjective as in egotistic
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- affected
- aloof
- autocratic
- boasting
- bragging
- conceited
- egocentric
- egoistic
- egoistical
- egomaniacal
- egotistical
- haughty
- individualistic
- inflated
- inner-directed
- intimate
- intrinsic
- introverted
- isolated
- narcissistic
- obsessive
- opinionated
- personal
- prideful
- proud
- puffed up
- self-admiring
- self-centered
- self-important
- self-involved
- self-seeking
- snobbish
- stuck on oneself
- stuck-up
- superior
- swollen
- vain
- vainglorious
- wrapped up in oneself
Example Sentences
Fox and Musk have gotten away with spreading disinformation because of a self-serving misapprehension of the political speech doctrine: The First Amendment protects ‘core political speech’ above all other forms of expression.
Capitol and tried to overturn the 2020 election, egged on by his unremitting and self-serving lies.
Nearly any New Yorker could have told you that “The Donald” was a grasping, self-serving dude as far back as the 1980s.
The willpower to build more housing often falters in the face of apparently prohibitive costs, political opposition and self-serving incentives, a reality that is playing out on the state and local level.
“I’ve tried to take an objective view of things, and bring it all to light. But I didn’t want to be self-serving. I tried not to sugar coat the story.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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