self-serving

Synonyymisanakirja

self-serving

itsekäs, itsekeskeinen, omaa etua tavoitteleva.

Rimmaavat sanat

self-serving rimmaa näiden kanssa:

drag racing, icing, bodybuilding, sightseeing, stretching, desktop publishing, body stocking, smoking, quisling, happening...

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Englannin sanakirja

self-serving englanniksi

1. Showing interest only in oneself.

2. 2016, David Thomson, Biggest lesson of the 2016 Oscars? The Academy should be scrapped (in The Guardian, 3 March 2016)http://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2016/mar/03/biggest-lesson-of-the-2016-oscars-the-academy-should-be-scrapped

Don’t assume that the connotations of authority, history, scholarship, hallowed tradition and judiciousness in the word “Academy” actually fit this self-serving club.

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