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Dictionary: self-serv·ing   (sĕlf'sûr'vĭng)
adj.
  1. Serving one's own interests, especially without concern for the needs or interests of others.
  2. Exhibiting concern solely for one's own interests: a speech full of self-serving comments.
self-servingly self'-serv'ing·ly adv.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: interested only in yourself
  Synonym: self-seeking


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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - egennyttig, egoistisk
n. - egoist

Nederlands (Dutch)
uit eigenbelang

Français (French)
adj. - intéressé (péj), égoïste
n. - égoïsme

Deutsch (German)
adj. - Selbstbedienungs...
n. - Selbstbedienung

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ιδιοτελής

Italiano (Italian)
a servizio autonomo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - auto-servido

Русский (Russian)
пекущийся только о собственных интересах

Español (Spanish)
adj. - de autoservicio
n. - autoservicio

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - egennyttig, i eget intresse

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
自私的, 自私自利的, 自私的人

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 自私的, 自私自利的
n. - 自私的人

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 자기 잇속만 차리는, 이기주의의
n. - 이기주의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 私利的な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) خادم لذاته‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מקדים את טובתו שלו לזו של זולתו‬
n. - ‮חיפוש התועלת העצמית בלבד‬


 
 
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