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Self-seeker

Definition: Self-seeker

Self-seeker

Noun

1. 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-seeker

Synonym: opportunist (n). (additional references)

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Modern Translations: Self-seeker

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

   

Portuguese

  

egoísta (base, egoistic, egotism, egotistically, self centered, self centred, self-absorbed, selfish, self-seeking, small). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

egoist (cavalier, egoist, egoistic, egoistical, mean, selfish, self-pleasing, self-seeking), carierist (careerist, climber, go getter). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

своекорыстный человек. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

sebičnjak, samoživac. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

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)

   

Vietnamese 

  

người tự tư tự lợi. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Self-seeker

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Self-seeker


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 65 6C 66 2D 73 65 65 6B 65 72

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01100101 01101100 01100110 00101101 01110011 01100101 01100101 01101011 01100101 01110010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#101 &#108 &#102 &#45 &#115 &#101 &#101 &#107 &#101 &#114

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 0065 006C 0066 002D 0073 0065 0065 006B 0065 0072

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5371787215857171777184

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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