<B>self-interest, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>interest in one's own welfare or advantage with too little care for the welfare of others; selfishness. <BR> <I>Ex. ... the self-interest of the calculating statesman (Henry Morley).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>personal interest or advantage. </DL>
<A NAME="selfinterested">
<B>self-interested, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> motivated solely by regard for one's own welfare or advantage; showing self-interest. noun <B>self-interestedness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="selfinvited">
<B>self-invited, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>not waiting for an invitation; invited by oneself. <DD><B> 2. </B>occasioned, encouraged, or incited by oneself. </DL>
<A NAME="selfinvolved">
<B>self-involved, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> wrapped up in oneself or one's own thoughts. <BR> <I>Ex. He was not self-involved--at times ... he could forget himself (C. P. Snow).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="selfish">
<B>selfish, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>caring too much for oneself and too little for others. A selfish person puts his own interests first. <BR> <I>Ex. This selfish, well-fed and supremely indifferent old man ... (Edith Wharton).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>showing care solely or chiefly for oneself. <BR> <I>Ex. selfish motives. Want makes almost every man selfish (Samuel Johnson).</I> adv. <B>selfishly.</B> noun <B>selfishness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="selfjustification">
<B>self-justification, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> justification of oneself. </DL>
<A NAME="selfjustifying">
<B>self-justifying, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>justifying oneself; excusing oneself. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Printing.) justifying lines of type automatically. <BR> <I>Ex. a self-justifying typesetter.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="selfknowing">
<B>self-knowing, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> knowing oneself; having self-knowledge. </DL>
<A NAME="selfknowledge">
<B>self-knowledge, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> knowledge of one's own character, ability, or the like. </DL>
<A NAME="selflaceration">
<B>self-laceration, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a laceration of oneself; self-inflicted injury. </DL>
<A NAME="selfless">
<B>selfless, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having no regard or thought for self; unselfish. adv. <B>selflessly.</B> noun <B>selflessness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="selflimitation">
<B>self-limitation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> limitation of oneself, one's nature, or one's capacities. <BR> <I>Ex. Commitment always involves choice, discipline, and self-limitation (Daniel Jenkins).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="selflimited">
<B>self-limited, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>limited by oneself or itself. <DD><B> 2. </B>(of a disease) that runs a definite course, being little modified by treatment. <BR> <I>Ex. Influenza is self-limited, usually lasting three or four days (Science News Letter).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="selflimiting">
<B>self-limiting, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>limiting or controlling oneself or itself; self-regulating. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=self-limited.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="selfliquidating">
<B>self-liquidating, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that will convert goods into cash quickly. </DL>
<A NAME="selfloader">
<B>self-loader, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a firearm that loads itself; an automatic or semiautomatic firearm. </DL>
<A NAME="selfloading">
<B>self-loading, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that loads itself; automatic or semiautomatic. <BR> <I>Ex. a self-loading firearm or gun.</I> </DL>
<B>self-love, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>love of oneself; selfishness. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=conceit.</B> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Philosophy.) the regard for one's own well-being or happiness, considered as a natural and proper relation of a man to himself. <DD><B> 4. </B><B>=narcissism.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="selfloving">
<B>self-loving, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> loving oneself too much. </DL>
<B>self-luminosity, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the property or condition of being self-luminous; luminosity caused by the spontaneous vibratory motions of the particles of the luminous body. <BR> <I>Ex. Bodies like radium that exhibit self-luminosity in the dark ... (Nature).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="selfluminous">
<B>self-luminous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having in itself the property of giving off light, as the sun or flames. <BR> <I>Ex. The necessity for an outward flow of energy explains why a star must be self-luminous (Scientific American).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="selfmade">
<B>self-made, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>made by oneself. <DD><B> 2. </B>successful through one's own efforts, especially without material aid from one's family. A self-made man succeeds in business or other endeavor without much help from others. </DL>
<A NAME="selfmailer">
<B>self-mailer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a leaflet that can be addressed, sealed, and mailed without an envelope. Self-mailers are often used in direct-mail advertising. </DL>
<A NAME="selfmanagement">
<B>self-management, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>management of oneself. <BR> <I>Ex. Dedication to achievement and adventure has led to experienced skill in self-management on long, isolated journeys (New Yorker).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the management of a factory, farm, or business by the workers or employees. </DL>
<A NAME="selfmastery">
<B>self-mastery, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the mastery of oneself; self-control. </DL>
<A NAME="selfmate">
<B>self-mate, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a checkmate produced in chess by the side that is mated; suimate. </DL>
<A NAME="selfmedication">
<B>self-medication, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act of taking medicines without the advice of a doctor. <BR> <I>Ex. Many compounded the mischief by harmful self-medication, especially with laxatives (Time).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the proper medical treatment of oneself, in the absence of doctors. <BR> <I>Ex. Space men and women ... should be trained in self-medication and, particularly, the use of antibiotics (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="selfmockery">
<B>self-mockery, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> mockery of oneself; scoffing at one's own talents, personality, appearance, accomplishments, or the like. <BR> <I>Ex. Success seems to have cost them their capacity for self-mockery (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="selfmortification">
<B>self-mortification, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> mortification of oneself, one's passions, etc. </DL>
<A NAME="selfmortified">
<B>self-mortified, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> mortified of oneself. </DL>
<A NAME="selfmoved">
<B>self-moved, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> moved of itself, without external agency. </DL>
<A NAME="selfmoving">
<B>self-moving, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can move by itself; moving spontaneously or automatically. </DL>
<A NAME="selfmurder">
<B>self-murder, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the taking of one's own life; suicide. </DL>
<A NAME="selfmurderer">
<B>self-murderer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who kills himself; suicide. </DL>
<A NAME="selfmutilation">
<B>self-mutilation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> injury inflicted upon oneself. </DL>
<A NAME="selfneglect">
<B>self-neglect, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> neglect of oneself. </DL>
<A NAME="selfnoise">
<B>self-noise, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> noise produced by a ship itself as it passes through water, as distinguished from the noise caused by the water's turbulence. </DL>
<A NAME="selfobsessed">
<B>self-obsessed, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> obsessed of or over oneself; self-concentrated. </DL>
<A NAME="selfobsession">
<B>self-obsession, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> obsession of or over oneself; self-concentration. </DL>
<B>self-opposed, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> opposed to oneself or itself; having parts or elements that are opposed one to another. </DL>
<A NAME="selfordained">
<B>self-ordained, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> ordained by oneself or itself. </DL>
<A NAME="selforganized">
<B>self-organized, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> organized of or by oneself. </DL>
<A NAME="selfoutlawed">
<B>self-outlawed, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> outlawed by oneself. </DL>
<A NAME="selfparody">
<B>self-parody, </B>noun, pl. <B>-dies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a parody of oneself; a ridiculous exaggeration of one's own characteristics. </DL>
<A NAME="selfperception">
<B>self-perception, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> perception of or by oneself. </DL>
<A NAME="selfperfect">
<B>self-perfect, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> perfect in oneself or itself. </DL>
<A NAME="selfperpetuating">
<B>self-perpetuating, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> perpetuating oneself or itself. <BR> <I>Ex. The largest single block of stock is owned by a charitable foundation whose trustees are self-perpetuating (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="selfperpetuation">
<B>self-perpetuation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> perpetuation of oneself or itself. <BR> <I>Ex. Self-perpetuation of the organization is assured (Harper's).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="selfpiloting">
<B>self-piloting, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a ramjet ignition system which uses part of the fuel-air mixture as a pilot flame to ignite the rest of the fuel-air mixture. </DL>
<A NAME="selfpity">
<B>self-pity, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> pity for oneself, especially to excess. <BR> <I>Ex. Honesty rare as a man without self-pity ... (Stephen Vincent Benet).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="selfpitying">
<B>self-pitying, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> characterized by self-pity. <BR> <I>Ex. sharply pathetic, but not self-pitying ... (Manchester Guardian).</I> adv. <B>self-pityingly.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="selfpleased">
<B>self-pleased, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> pleased with oneself; self-complacent. </DL>
