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Definition of Self-seeker
1. Noun. A person who places expediency above principle.
Specialized synonyms: Backscratcher, Bottom Feeder, Carpetbagger, Hustler, Operator, Wheeler Dealer, Timeserver
Generic synonyms: Selfish Person
Derivative terms: Opportunism, Opportunist
Definition of Self-seeker
1. Noun. A self-seeking person ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Self-seeker
Literary usage of Self-seeker
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. North of Boston by Robert Frost (1917)
"THE self-seeker " WILLIS, I didn't want you here to-day: The lawyer's coming for
the company. I'm going to sell my soul, or, rather, feet. ..."
2. Colonel Sir Robert Sandeman: His Life and Work on Our Indian Frontier. A by Thomas Henry Thornton (1895)
"... success—No self-seeker—A staunch friend and determined foe, but
open-minded—Masterful, but knew when to stop—No one better served—His cheeriness and ..."
3. The Theosophist by Theosophical Society (Madras, India) (1890)
"The human spirit has, by its process of evolution, been unavoidably constituted
a self-seeker, and in so far has the root of evil innate in itself, and is, ..."
4. Elements of Metaphysics by Alfred Edward Taylor (1903)
"... of solid matter with the real discontinuity and variety of its chemical
constituents, the seeming friendliness of the hypocritical self-seeker with his ..."
5. The Expositor edited by Samuel Cox, William Robertson Nicoll, James Moffatt (1889)
"But there was no risk of a self-seeker coveting the priestly office of Christ,
... With reference to such a priesthood, a self-seeker would be sure to say, ..."
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