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selfishness [-nɪs] N no pl pej

selfishness

себялю́бие nt

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He argues that her attempt to defend the morality of selfishness is, therefore, an instance of begging the question. en.wikipedia.org

Despite his cockiness, recklessness, headstrongness, and selfishness, he still always manages to come through in the end. en.wikipedia.org

Another common criticism of the profit motive is that it is believed to encourage selfishness and greed. en.wikipedia.org

I don't think there's any need to have essays advocating selfishness among human beings. en.wikipedia.org

Selfishness, he declared, is unnecessary and hence-forth unrationalizable... en.wikipedia.org

Pre-moral sentiments evolved in primate societies as a method of restraining individual selfishness and building more cooperative groups. en.wikipedia.org

To the extent that colleges want to approach that culture, they display willful selfishness in confining their sights to the present. en.wikipedia.org

Better to flee from oneself, selfishness, and self-will. en.wikipedia.org

First, egoism is not mere self-interest or selfishness. en.wikipedia.org

As a religious and conservative man, he shared in some gloom about a perceived decline in morals and religion, and increase of selfishness. en.wikipedia.org

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