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Definition: Self-seeker |
Self-seekerNoun1. A person who places expediency above principle. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "self-seeker" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1762. (references) |
Synonym: Self-seekerSynonym: opportunist (n). (additional references) |
| Language | Translations for "self-seeker"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | egoist (egoist, egoistic, egotist, hoggish, self centered, selfish, self-seeking). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | кариерист (careerist, climber, go getter, place hunter, placeman, pusher, social climber), егоист (egoist, hog). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 利己主义者. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | συμφεροντολόγοσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | önzõ ember. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 이기주의자 (Egoist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | elf-seekersay egoísta (base, egoistic, egotism, egotistically, self centered, self centred, self-absorbed, selfish, self-seeking, small). (various references) egoist (cavalier, egoist, egoistic, egoistical, mean, selfish, self-pleasing, self-seeking), carierist (careerist, climber, go getter). (various references) своекорыстный человек. (various references) sebičnjak, samoživac. (various references) egoist (calculating, egoist, egoistic, egotist, egotistical, selfish), bencil (calculating, egoist, egoistic, egotistical, hoggish, piggish, self centered, self centred, self-absorbed, selfish, thoughtless), çıkarcı (calculating, expedient, interested, mercenary, number one, politic, profiteer, self-seeking, sordid, utilitarian). (various references) người tự tư tự lợi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-e-e-f-k-l-r-s-s" | |
-3 letters: feelers, feeless, refeels, reseeks, seekers, sleeker. | |
-4 letters: eskers, feeler, fleers, lessee, lesser, refeel, refels, reseek, resees, seeker, sleeks. | |
-5 letters: erses, esker, feels, feres, fesse, fleer, flees, frees, keefs, keels, kerfs, leeks, leers, reefs, reeks, reels, refel, resee, seeks, seels, seers, selfs, seres, serfs, skees, sleek. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 65 6C 66 2D 73 65 65 6B 65 72 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100101 01101100 01100110 00101101 01110011 01100101 01100101 01101011 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S e l f - s e e k e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0065 006C 0066 002D 0073 0065 0065 006B 0065 0072 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5371787215857171777184 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Translations: Modern 4. Anagrams | 5. Orthography 6. Bibliography |
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