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| Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922. |
| Class VI. Words Relating to the Sentient and Moral Powers |
| Section IV. Moral Affections |
| 3. Moral Conditions |
| 943. Selfishness. |
| NOUN: | SELFISHNESS &c. adj.; self-love, self-indulgence, self-worship, self-seeking, self-interest; egotism, egoism; amour propre [F.] (vanity) [See Vanity]; nepotism; charity that begins at home. worldliness &c. adj.; world wisdom. illiberality; meanness &c. adj. SELF-SEEKER, timeserver, time-pleaser, tuft-hunter, fortune hunter; jobber, worldling; egotist, egoist, monopolist, nepotist; dog in the manger, canis in præsepi [L.], “foes to nobleness,” temporizer, hyphenate [cant], trimmer; hog, road-hog, end-seat hog [colloq.]. |
| VERB: | BE SELFISH &c. adj.; please -, indulge -, pamper -, coddle- oneself; consult one’s own -wishes, - pleasure; look after one’s own interest; feather one’s nest; take care of number one, have an eye to the main chance, know on which side one’s bread is buttered; give an inch and take an ell. |
| ADJECTIVE: | SELFISH, self-seeking, self-indulgent, self-interested; wrapt up in self, centered in self; egotistic or egotistical, egoistic or egoistical. ILLIBERAL, mean, ungenerous, narrow-minded; mercenary, venal; covetous [See Parsimony]. WORLDLY, unspiritual, earthly, earthly-minded, mundane, worldly-minded, worldly-wise; timeserving. interested; alieni appetens sui profusus [Sallust]. |
| ADVERB: | UNGENEROUSLY &c. adj.; to gain some private ends, from selfish motives, from interested motives. |
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