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What does selfishness mean?

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Noun
  1. the quality of being selfish; the condition of putting one's own interests before those of others.
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His examples from the past reveal that greed, hubris and selfishness often impeded recognition of a problem until it was too late.
It is based upon greed and selfishness and the only god is profit, regardless.
Even non-believers must accept the human propensity to self-deceit, selfishness, and evil.
What we are getting in their place are naked selfishness, unbridled materialism and marginalisation of compassion.
They will tell you that all religions teach us to value life, to refrain from harming others, and to renounce selfishness.
The selfishness of fame seekers is only matched by the personal cost they have to pay for the fame they seek.

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