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selfishness

placing concern with oneself above the interests of others
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selfishness

Summary

selfishness is a moral quality[1]. selfishness draws 94 Wikipedia views per month (moral_quality category, ranking #6 of 12).[2]

Key Facts

  • selfishness's instance of is recorded as moral quality[3].
  • selfishness's instance of is recorded as prioritization[4].
  • selfishness's instance of is recorded as personality trait[5].
  • selfishness's Commons category is recorded as Selfishness[6].
  • selfishness is the opposite of unselfishness[7].
  • selfishness's described by source is recorded as Meyer’s Universum, Neunzehnter Band[8].
  • selfishness's partially coincident with is recorded as frugality[9].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include moral quality[3], prioritization[4], and personality trait[5]. selfishness is the opposite of unselfishness[7].

Why It Matters

selfishness draws 94 Wikipedia views per month (moral_quality category, ranking #6 of 12).[2] selfishness has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] selfishness is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Arabic ontology lexical concept id → 151026880
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  2. 6d ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 04841836-n
    Interlingual index id → i62398
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  3. 6d ago · InternetArchiveBot bot · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Opposite of → unselfishness
    Described by source → Meyer’s Universum, Neunzehnter Band
    Instance of → moral quality, prioritization, personality trait
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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