SELF-INTERESTED
Self`-in"ter*est*ed, a.
Defn: Particularly concerned for one's own interest or happiness.
SELF-INVOLUTION
Self`-in`vo*lu"tion, n.
Defn: Involution in one's self; hence, abstraction of thought; reverie.
SELFISH
Self"ish, a.
1. Caring supremely or unduly for one's self; regarding one's own comfort, advantage, etc., in disregard, or at the expense, of those of others. They judge of things according to their own private appetites and selfish passions. Cudworth. In that throng of selfish hearts untrue. Keble.
2. (Ethics)
Defn: Believing or teaching that the chief motives of human action are derived from love of self. Hobbes and the selfish school of philosophers. Fleming.
SELFISHLY
Self"ish*ly, adv.
Defn: In a selfish manner; with regard to private interest only or chiefly.