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Adjective: self-interested  ,self'in-t(u-)rus-tid
  1. Concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others
    "self-interested men were...trying to make capital for themselves out of the sacred cause of civil rights";
    - selfish

See also: egocentric, egoistic [Brit], egoistical, egotistic, egotistical, inconsiderate, narcissistic, self-centered [US], self-centred [Brit, Cdn], self-loving, self-seeking, self-serving, stingy [informal], ungenerous

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self-involved
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selfish person
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self-justification
self-knowledge
selfless
selflessly
selflessness