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"Selfish" Definition

adjective

Arising from, characterized by, or showing selfishness: a selfish whim.

Source: American Heritage Dictionary

Concerned chiefly or only with oneself: "Selfish men were . . . trying to make capital for themselves out of the sacred cause of human rights” ( Maria Weston Chapman).

Source: American Heritage Dictionary

Being genetic material solely concerned with its own replication .

Source: Merriam-Webster

Being an actively replicating repetitive sequence of nucleic acid that serves no known function .

Source: Merriam-Webster

Arising from concern with one's own welfare or advantage in disregard of others .

Source: Merriam-Webster

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