Selfish vs Lust - What's the difference?
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Holding one’s self-interest as the standard for decision making.
* 1997 , John Peniel, The Children Of The Law Of One & The Lost Teachings Of Atlantis , chapter 10, page 127
Having regard for oneself above others’ well-being.
*{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
, chapter=5, title= A feeling of strong desire, especially of a sexual nature.
(archaic) A general want or longing, not necessarily sexual.
* Spenser
* Bishop Hall
(archaic) A delightful cause of joy, pleasure.
(obsolete) virility; vigour; active power
To desire very strongly.
To crave sexual contact urgently.
As an adjective selfish
is holding one’s self-interest as the standard for decision making.As a noun lust is
pleasure, joy.selfish
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- “We all have both a selfish separate self, and an Inner Being that is One with the Universal Spirit. In this sense, every human has a sort of ‘split personality’. We are all kind of what you call ‘schitzy’ with these two sides, these two people living within us. And they are in total opposition. The free will dictates which of these two sides will have its way in our life, at every given moment.”
A Cuckoo in the Nest, passage=The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite.
Usage notes
* Said of people, motives, desires, acts, etc.Synonyms
* egoistic * egotistic * egotistical * self-centered * greedyAntonyms
* altruistic * philanthropic * selfless * unselfishDerived terms
* selfishly * selfishnessSee also
* self-servingAnagrams
*lust
English
(wikipedia lust)Noun
- Seeing Kim fills me with a passionate lust .
- The boarders hide their lust to go home.
- For little lust had she to talk of aught.
- My lust to devotion is little.
- An ideal son is his father's lasting lust .
- (Francis Bacon)
Derived terms
* bloodlust * lustful * lustihood * lustily * lustiness * lustless * lusty * lust murderVerb
(en verb)- She was lusting after the new short dress she set her eyes on in the shop.