en selfishness

An English term in ConceptNet 5.8

Sources: Open Mind Common Sense contributors, DBPedia 2015, JMDict 1.07, Verbosity players, German Wiktionary, English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary, and Open Multilingual WordNet
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Synonyms

  • pt Egoísmo (n, attribute) ➜
  • ca egoisme (n, attribute) ➜
  • en egoism (n) ➜
  • eu egoismo (n, attribute) ➜
  • eu norberekeria (n, attribute) ➜
  • fi itsekkyys (n, attribute) ➜
  • fr égoïsme (n, attribute) ➜
  • gl egoísmo (n, attribute) ➜
  • id kepentingan diri (n, attribute) ➜
  • id sifat mementingkan diri (n, attribute) ➜
  • id sikap mementingkan diri (n, attribute) ➜
  • it egoismo (n, attribute) ➜
  • ja 侈 (n, attribute) ➜
  • ja 利己 (n, attribute) ➜
  • ja 利己主義 (a) ➜
  • ja 利己主義 (n, attribute) ➜
  • ja 利己心 (n) ➜
  • ja 吝嗇 (a) ➜
  • ja 恣意 (n, attribute) ➜
  • ja 悋嗇 (a) ➜
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Related terms

  • sh sebičnost (n) ➜
  • ca egoisme (n) ➜
  • cs sobeckost (n) ➜
  • de selbstsucht (n) ➜
  • el εγώ (n) ➜
  • en cynic (n) ➜
  • en cynical (a) ➜
  • en hoggery (n) ➜
  • en interestedness (n) ➜
  • en self obsession (n) ➜
  • en selfhood (n) ➜
  • en selfish ➜
  • fr égoïsme ➜
  • en selfishnesses (n) ➜
  • eo egoismo (n) ➜
  • es yoismo (n) ➜
  • fa خودپسندی (n) ➜
  • fi itsekkyys (n) ➜
  • fil burukinto (a) ➜
  • fil damot (n) ➜
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Types of selfishness

  • en greediness (n, attribute) ➜
  • en One basic motivation for action ➜
  • en opportunism (n, attribute) ➜
  • en Nine of Pentacles ➜

selfishness is defined as…

  • en opposite of selflessness ➜
  • en highest form of cooperation ➜

Distinct terms

  • en altruism (n) ➜
  • en altruism ➜
  • en selflessness ➜

Derived from

  • en selfish (a) ➜
  • en selfish ➜

Antonyms

  • en selflessness ➜
  • en selflessness (n) ➜
  • en charity ➜

Word forms

  • en selfishness (n) ➜
  • en selfishnesses (n) ➜

Subevents of selfishness

  • en buying presents for others ➜

selfishness is a type of…

  • en stinginess (n, attribute) ➜

Links to other resources

  • dbpedia.org Selfishness
  • wikidata.dbpedia.org /resource/Q238350
  • wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu 104841836-n
  • en.wiktionary.org selfishness
  • fr.wiktionary.org selfishness
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