• Self-serving

    Full definition of self-serving

    Adjective

    self-serving

    1. Showing interest only in oneself
      • 2002, Sam Williams, S:Free as in Freedom/Chapter 8, "Most of the time when people consider the question of what rules society should have for using software, the people considering it are from software companies, and they consider the question from a self-serving perspective," says Stallman, opening his speech.

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    Said of people, attitudes, perspectives, etc.

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