egoistic

Modifies a noun

• interest: What is ' moral ' in the sense demanded is a reason for giving up an immediate egoistic interest.
• motive: Itself founded on an egoistic motive, it puts its trust n the state of nature in the hope of victory.
• love: The object of egoistic love, in other words, remains the individual himself.
• behavior: As in the genetic specification, a " self-interested rule " need not imply a program that instructs egoistic behavior by its agent.
• desire: So far I have practiced repression of pride and individuality, due to frustration of egoistic desire.

Modifying Another Word

too: He is far too egoistic, far too preoccupied with his own taste, which is resolutely hostile to any such utilitarian program.