selfishness
nounHow many syllables in selfishness?
There are 3 syllables in the word selfishness.How to pronounce selfishness:
Definition of selfishness:
- selfishness (noun):
- excessive desire for something, such as food or money
- stinginess resulting from a concern for your own welfare and a disregard of others.
- the quality or state of being selfish a concern for one's own welfare or advantage at the expense of or in disregard of others excessive interest in oneself
Synonyms for selfishness:
complacency
ego
egocentricity
egocentrism
egoism
egomania
egotism
expedience
greed
looking out for number one
narcissism
navel-gazing
opportunism
pride
pridefulness
rapaciousness
self-absorption
self-centeredness
self-centredness
self-concern
self-interest
self-involvement
self-preoccupation
self-regard
self-seeking
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Antonyms for selfishness:
alms-giving
altruism
beneficence
benevolence
big-heartedness
charitableness
charity
extravagance
free-handedness
generosity
generousness
kindliness
kindness
largess
largesse
liberality
liberalness
magnanimity
magnanimousness
munificence
open-handedness
openhandedness
philanthropism
philanthropy
prodigality
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- complement
- Brijmohan
- taboret
- sub-product
- atomic
- paperclip
- tidiest
- collingwood
- fomenter
- reexamine
- escolar
- profusion
- lacquer
- Edinburgh
- graphemic
- appraisal
- excarnate
- acreage
- carpeting
- Antioch
- negation
- glutaeus
- coveted
- massacre
- aesthetics
- hobble skirt
- tenderness
- thunderous
- antidote
- iambic
- resistance
- medium
- redundant
- kettledrum
- diphyodont
- therapy
- calcium
- unclouded
- panoply
- machmeter
- smothering
- ordinand
- bombinate
- vaporize
- unrelieved
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- enfeeble
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