Explore Selfishness through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like stinginess or unselfishness. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Selfishness in a sentence
Selfishness meaning
The quality of being selfish, the condition of putting one's own interests before those of others.
Synonyms of Selfishness
Using Selfishness
- The main meaning on this page is: The quality of being selfish, the condition of putting one's own interests before those of others.
- Useful related words include: stinginess, unselfishness.
- In the example corpus, selfishness often appears in combinations such as: selfishness and, of selfishness, and selfishness.
Context around Selfishness
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 11 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Selfishness
- In this selection, "selfishness" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 19.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, gene, opportunism, regarding, reason, prevailed and knows stand out and add context to how "selfishness" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include act of selfishness and arrogance and selfishness and use. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "selfishness" sits close to words such as acumen, agri and ajayi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with selfishness
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Your selfishness knows no end. (5 words)
Ganduje’s selfishness reason why APC lost Kano –. (8 words)
Our world is a world of selfishness and greed. (9 words)
Never does the argument suggest that it’s a bad metaphor or that selfishness is mutually exclusive to love or that Siken himself has never used cannibalistic imagery, but these made-up arguments are far easier to dispute. (38 words)
A father whose autistic son was killed as they both tried to flee the scene of a motorway crash on foot has “torn the family apart” with his “selfishness”, the boy’s heartbroken mother has said. (36 words)
We are fast becoming endangered species due to the greed and selfishness of a few government officials, party apparatchiks and irresponsible persons who are recklessly engaging in illegal mining with impunity. (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
He does this by supporting the claim that "gene selfishness will usually give rise to selfishness in individual behaviour.
A father whose autistic son was killed as they both tried to flee the scene of a motorway crash on foot has “torn the family apart” with his “selfishness”, the boy’s heartbroken mother has said.
All Nigerians must be wondering what kind of “values and beliefs” she has apart from opportunism, selfishness and greed.
By effectively delivering a story regarding selfishness and sacrifice, the character development in this story warrants audience approval.
Dubus probes at masculinity’s wounds, its core beliefs about earning money as a means of caring for others, and exposes the selfishness and emptiness at its core.
Family sitcoms have evolved over time, becoming more snarky and featuring characters with flaws and selfishness.
Ganduje’s selfishness reason why APC lost Kano –.
It takes a certain amount of narcissism and ego to run for office, so selfishness is baked in. But it had better be controlled.
Mobilizes communities to collectively utilize cultural resources for economic development in an environment free from selfishness and greed.
Never does the argument suggest that it’s a bad metaphor or that selfishness is mutually exclusive to love or that Siken himself has never used cannibalistic imagery, but these made-up arguments are far easier to dispute.
Obasanjo's vengeful attitude towards President Buhari is the height of selfishness and little short of moral squalor.
Of course, it would bring out Luthor's arrogance and selfishness and use them to take control.
Our world is a world of selfishness and greed.
People often confuse loving themselves with selfishness, but this could not be further from the truth.
Perhaps Michael Malone’s greatest accomplishment is succeeding with selfless basketball in a world where selfishness is at an all-time high.
Selfishness prevailed in our society and we stopped giving importance to other people and their work, Mohan Bhagwat said.
We are fast becoming endangered species due to the greed and selfishness of a few government officials, party apparatchiks and irresponsible persons who are recklessly engaging in illegal mining with impunity.
You’ll need to explain that even though you love the dog, trying to keep him would be an act of selfishness.
Your selfishness knows no end.
All driven by deliberate ignorance, gullibility, selfishness, false pride, and hate.
Common combinations with selfishness
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- selfishness and 38×
- of selfishness 22×
- and selfishness 17×
- the selfishness 10×
- his selfishness 9×
- selfishness is 9×
- selfishness of 8×
- selfishness in 4×
- selfishness or 4×
- selfishness the 3×