SELFISH    自私

WICKED so as to STRIVE FOR ONLY one's SELF:own PROFIT.
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Old Chinese Criteria
1. The standard word for selfishness in classical Chinese is sī 私.
Modern Chinese Criteria
自私 私 自顧自 自私自利 患得患失 有己無人 損人利己 見利忘義 明哲保身 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Antonym
  • JUSTICEVIRTUE of MORAL APPROPRIATENESS, AND CONFORMITY to the LAW.
  • ALTRUISMDOCTRINE that OTHERS are MORE IMPORTANT THAN ONSELF.
Hypernym
  • WICKED　MORALLY BAD. (anc: 5/0, child: 6)
  • BAD　The FEATURE of being NOT EXCELLENT OR GOOD. (anc: 4/0, child: 3)
  • FEATURE　ABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE. (anc: 3/0, child: 19)
  • Woerterbuch der Philosophie. Neue Beitraege zu einer Kritik der Sprache ( MAUTHNER WP 1924) p. I.303

  • Historisches Woerterbuch der Philosophie ( RITTER 1971-2007) p. 2.310

  • Democritus Ridens ( WEBER 1857) p. 4.154

    • Words (5 items)

    私  sī OC: sil MC: si 62 Attributions

    The standard word for selfishness in classical Chinese is sī 私.

      Word relations
    • Ant: 公/JUSTICE
    • Ant: 公/JUSTICE
    • Ant: 法令/LAW
    • Ant: 法/LAW The current general word for a law, a legal system or any legal provision of any kind is fǎ 法.
    • Epithet: 利/PROFIT Lì 利 (1. ant. yì 義 "considerations of rectitude"(!!); 2. ant. hài 害 "damage and loss suffered") refers to material profit.
    • Assoc: 姦/WICKED Jiān 姦 (ant. liáng 良 "of the good sort, decent") refers to sheer human depravity and moral incompetence with no supernatural or sinister overtones.
    • Assoc: 邪/WICKED Xié 邪 (ant. zhèng 正 "straight and in no way wicked") typically involves nuances of sinister evil influences in addition to plain human depravity.
    • Oppos: 公/EQUAL

      Syntactic words
    • nabselfish interests, selfish concernsCH
    • nabactpursuit of private interests, private aims; selfish purposes; private selfishness; egotism
    • nabconceptselfishness
    • v[adN]nonreferentialthose who are selfish or partial for selfish reasons
    • vadNegotistic; unlicenced; irregular and personal
    • vadVselfishly
    • viactbe selfish; be directed towards selfish ends; pursue selfish aims
    曲私  qū sī MC: khjowk sij OC: khoɡ sil 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPabpsychselfishness; selfish thoughtsLZ
    自  zì MC: dzijH OC: sblids 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vadVselfishly; for one's own benefit onlyCH
    私道  sī dào MC: sij dawX OC: sil ɡ-luuʔ 1 Attribution

      Syntactic words
    • NPabselfishness, Way of self-interestCH
    我  wǒ OC: ŋaalʔ MC: ŋɑ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vibe egotistic