Definitions
concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others
Word origin
From self + -ish. Compare Danish selvisk (“selfish”), Swedish självisk (“selfish”).
Used in a sentence
“Through this hypothesized mechanism, a selfish virus would reduce the probability that other co-infecting genotypes contribute the expected share of their genes to the progeny.”
“The "selfish meme" concept does not, of course, ascribe any consciousness or motivation to the meme; it simply means we can understand better by looking at evolution from the meme's point of view.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Only out for gain”7 letters
02“Egoistic”7 letters
Not quite right?
"Search similar patterns."
S______