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Self-seeker   /sɛlf-sˈikər/   Listen
Self-seeker

noun
1.
A person who places expediency above principle.  Synonym: opportunist.






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"Self-seeker" Quotes from Famous Books



... to view as the features of his countenance. Hence the single and strong impression he produced on all with whom he came in contact, the sympathy he so quickly kindled, and the co-operation he so readily enlisted. It was easily perceived that he was no self-seeker, that no thought of personal interest mingled with his devotion to science, and that he was not more intent on absorbing knowledge than desirous of diffusing it. No one has ever more fully and happily blended the qualities of student and teacher, ...
— Lippincott's Magazine, December, 1885 • Various



Words linked to "Self-seeker" :   selfish person, carpetbagger, backscratcher, wheeler dealer, hustler, bottom feeder, operator, timeserver



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