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Selfishness vs Ruthlessness - What's the difference?

selfishness | ruthlessness |

As nouns the difference between selfishness and ruthlessness

is that selfishness is the quality of being selfish, the condition of putting one's own interests before those of others while ruthlessness is the property of being ruthless.

selfishness

English

Noun

(wikipedia selfishness)
  • the quality of being selfish, the condition of putting one's own interests before those of others

    • Antonyms

    * selflessness

    ruthlessness

    English

    Noun

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  • The property of being ruthless
  • *{{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=October 1 , author=Phil Dawkes , title=Sunderland 2 - 2 West Brom , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Five minutes into the game the Black Cats were facing a mountain, partly because of West Brom's newly-found ruthlessness in front of goal but also as a result of the home side's defensive generosity.}}

    Synonyms

    * mercilessness

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