SELF-INTERESTED
ADJECTIVES
► INWITH self-interested, introspective → 1866 Sc.
► ONE-WAY narrow-minded; close-minded; obsessive; self-interested → 1953 US sl.
VERBS
► BUTTER ONE’S BREAD ON BOTH SIDES to behave in a self-interested and duplicitous manner; to simultaneously ally oneself with opposing factions, people, or causes → 1768
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