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SELFISH PERSON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who is unusually selfish
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("selfish person" is a kind of...):
disagreeable person; unpleasant person (a person who is not pleasant or agreeable)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "selfish person"):
dog in the manger (someone who prevents you from enjoying something that they themselves have no need for)
egocentric; egoist (a self-centered person with little regard for others)
exploiter; user (a person who uses something or someone selfishly or unethically)
hog; pig (a person regarded as greedy and pig-like)
monopoliser; monopolist; monopolizer (someone who monopolizes the means of producing or selling something)
narcissist; narcist (someone in love with themselves)
opportunist; self-seeker (a person who places expediency above principle)
