From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishself-seekingˌself-ˈseeking adjectiveSELFISHdoing things only because they will give you an advantage that other people do not have – used to show disapproval
a self-seeking politicianExamples from the Corpusself-seeking• Finniston maintains there is inescapableevidence that the corporate world has become more selfish and self-seeking.• This might well be so with the control of aggression and of self-seekingbehaviour.• Again, these relations were widely envisaged by social scientists as becoming individualistic, self-seeking, competitive and anonymous.• Mary's self-seekingdandycourtiers soon made sure she signed it.• It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.• self-seekingpoliticians• Above all the drift to a self-seeking, self-satisfying, self-fulfillingapproach to relationships is where the rot is really setting in.• The national welfare as understood by Congress may require a different attitude within its sphere from that of some self-seeking state.
