self-seeking

English

Etymology

From self- +‎ seeking.

Adjective

self-seeking (comparative more self-seeking, superlative most self-seeking)

1. Mindful of, or promoting, only one's own interests.
2. (military, of a missile, not comparable) That searches for a target automatically.

Translations

mindful of, or promoting, only one's own interests

• Finnish: omanvoitonpyyteinen
• Macedonian: користољубив (koristoljubiv)
• Maori: tūmatarau
• Polish: egoistyczny (pl), samolubny (pl)
• Portuguese: interesseiro (pt) m
• Russian: своекоры́стный (ru) m (svojekorýstnyj)

military: searching automatically for target

• Finnish: maaliin hakeutuva
• Italian: autocercante

Noun

self-seeking (uncountable)

1. The selfish promotion of one's own interests.