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self-seeker
[ self-see-ker ]
noun
- a person who primarily pursues their own interest or selfish ends.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of self-seeker1
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Example Sentences
He had been a self-seeker of that notorious kind that achieves worldly success without much thought for others.
He was no greedy self-seeker, and despised the avenues whereby many of his contemporaries advanced to wealth and position.
There are other types,—the schemer and the self-seeker, whose matrimonial ventures are only intended to advance worldly interests.
Geoffrey was not a truly ambitious man; he was no mere self-seeker.
A self-seeker cannot but be a covenant-breaker: this is a sin you must hate as the very gates of hell.
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