self-interest

English

self-interest

One's personal interest or advantage, especially when pursued without regard for others.
I cannot abandon my husband for the sake of self-interest and personal gain.
- 2022 July 27, Charles Hugh Smith, There Won't Be Any Winners Because The Status Quo Is Corrupt Everywhere‎:
  Corruption becomes fatal when those in power are no longer able to distinguish the difference between self-interest and the national interest.

personal interest

Chinese:
Mandarin: 利己主義／利己主义 (zh), 利己主义 (zh) (lìjǐzhǔyì), 私心 (zh) (sīxīn), 自利 (zh) (zìlì)
Danish: egennytte c
Finnish: oma etu
German: Eigennutz (de) m
Greek: ιδιοτέλεια (el) f (idiotéleia)
Hebrew: אינטרס עצמי‎ m (interes 'atsmi)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: egeninteresse m, eigeninteresse m

Nynorsk: eigeninteresse f
Polish: własna korzyść f, własny interes
Portuguese: interesseirismo m
Punjabi: ਸ੍ਵਾਰਥ m (svārath)
Russian: своекоры́стие (ru) n (svojekorýstije)
Spanish: please add this translation if you can
Swedish: egennytta (sv) c, egenintresse (sv) n
Turkish: öz çıkar (tr)

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