egoistic.

Primarily concerned with your own advantage rather than other people's interests.

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Words that belong together

• egoistic motive
• egoistic calculation

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The donation served an egoistic motive as well as a public need.

Usage notes

Primary category: psychology / human behavior. Forms: Comparative more egoistic; superlative most egoistic when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.