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self-interest definition

self·-interest (-in′trist, -in′tər ist)

noun

  1. one's own interest or advantage
  2. an exaggerated regard for this, esp. when at the expense of others

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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