selfishness in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for selfishness in the English»French Dictionary

selfishness [Brit ˈsɛlfɪʃnəs, Am ˈsɛlfɪʃnəs] N

selfishness

égoïsme m

the selfishness of her behaviour

son comportement égoïste

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it was his selfishness that finally decided me to leave

c'est à cause de son égoïsme que je me suis décidée à partir

Translations for selfishness in the French»English Dictionary

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égoïsme

selfishness

une carapace d'indifférence/d'égoïsme

a wall of indifference/of selfishness

avoir une bonne dose de bêtise/d'égoïsme

not to be short on stupidity/selfishness

son égoïsme lui a beaucoup nui

his selfishness has done him a lot of harm

reprocher à qn sa malhonnêteté/son ingratitude/son égoïsme

to criticize ou to reproach sb for his/her dishonesty/ingratitude/selfishness

selfishness in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for selfishness in the English»French Dictionary

selfishness N no pl pej

selfishness

égoïsme m

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it's plain selfishness

c'est de l'égoïsme pur

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égoïsme

selfishness

selfishness Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

it's plain selfishness

c'est de l'égoïsme pur

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English

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

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

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Therefore, evil is the absence of these characteristics, leading to selfishness, cowardice and similar.

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Our societies are never completely peaceful, never completely competitive, never ruled by sheer selfishness, and never perfectly moral.

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Similar to the book, blindness in the film serves as a metaphor for human nature's dark side: prejudice, selfishness, violence and willful indifference.

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As it is completely bereft of selfishness, the rule of love enlarges the concept of traditional goodness and mutual co-operation.

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

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But his action was never guided for a single moment by any consideration of personal or party selfishness.

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The film criticizes not only the harsh market conditions that have forced the family into poverty, but the family's own superstitions and selfishness.

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

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