What is another word for self-seekers?

Pronunciation: [sˈɛlfsˈiːkəz] (IPA)

Self-seekers are individuals who are primarily motivated by personal gain or profit, often at the expense of others. There are many synonyms that can be used to describe such people, such as opportunists, profit-seekers, mercenary, or self-centered individuals. They are often seen as untrustworthy, lacking in integrity, and willing to compromise their principles for their own benefit. These people are often viewed with suspicion and contempt by others, as they are seen as putting their own interests ahead of those of others or society as a whole. While self-seekers may achieve success in the short term, they often have difficulty building long-term relationships or finding lasting fulfillment in life.

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What are the hypernyms for Self-seekers?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Famous quotes with Self-seekers

  • The wicked can have only accomplices, the voluptuous have companions in debauchery, self-seekers have associates, the politic assemble the factions, the typical idler has connections, princes have courtiers. Only the virtuous have friends.
    Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire
  • Sanctimonious slogans have a way of lulling well-meaning people, and at the same time providing self-seekers with means to frustrate the very controls that are most needed. Take, for example, a report entitled, “The Engineer’s Responsibility in Environmental Pollution Control,” submitted in 1971 to the government’s Council of Environmental Quality by the National Industrial Pollution Control Council. The report is an amorphous collection of noble generalities. It conjures up a vision of a crusading army of engineers, thousands abreast, marching in unison. The banner of this army is “cooperation.” Its mission is to “coordinate,” “unify,” “interact,” “centralize efforts,” and “pool resources.” Its weapons are “shared objectives,” “common goals,” “interdisciplinary concepts and techniques.” The cloud of pieties serves, not to enlighten, but to obscure the real truth, which is that environmental pollution control can never be achieved by the worthy sentiments of industr8ial spokesmen, but only by government regulation.
    Samuel C. Florman

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