SELFISH  自私

WICKED so as to STRIVE FOR ONLY one's SELF:own PROFIT.
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Antonym
  • JUSTICEVIRTUE of MORAL APPROPRIATENESS, AND CONFORMITY to the LAW.
    • ALTRUISMDOCTRINE that OTHERS are MORE IMPORTANT THAN ONSELF.
      Hypernym
      • WICKEDMORALLY BAD.
        • BADThe FEATURE of being NOT EXCELLENT OR GOOD.
          • FEATUREABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE.
            • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to....
      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 ／

      Words

      私  sī OC: sil MC: si 61 AttributionsWD

      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
      我  wǒ OC: ŋaalʔ MC: ŋɑ 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • vibe egotistic
      自  zì MC: dzijH OC: sblidsCH 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • vadVselfishly; for one's own benefit onlyCH
      曲私  qū sī MC: khjowk sij OC: khoɡ silLZ 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • NPabpsychselfishness; selfish thoughtsLZ
      私道  sī dào MC: sij dawX OC: sil ɡ-luuʔCH 1 AttributionWD

        Syntactic words
      • NPabselfishness, Way of self-interestCH

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