Self`-grat`u*la"tion (?), n. Gratulation of one's self.
Self`-heal" (?), n. (Bot.) A blue-flowered labiate plant (Brunella
vulgaris); the healall.
Self`-heal"ing (?), a. Having the power or property of healing itself.
Self`-help" (?), n. The act of aiding one's self, without depending on
the aid of others.
Self`-hom"i*cide (?), n. The act of killing one's self; suicide.
Hakewill.
Self"hood (?), n. Existence as a separate self, or independent person;
conscious personality; individuality. Bib. Sacra.
Self`-ig"no*rance (?), n. Ignorance of one's own character, powers, and
limitations.
Self`-ig"no*rant (?), a. Ignorant of one's self.
Self`-im*part"ing (?), a. Imparting by one's own, or by its own, powers
and will. Norris.
Self`-im*por"tance (?), n. An exaggerated estimate of one's own
importance or merit, esp. as manifested by the conduct or manners;
self-conceit.
Self`-im*por"tant (?), a. Having or manifesting an exaggerated idea of
one's own importance or merit.
Self`-im*posed" (?), a. Voluntarily taken on one's self; as,
self-imposed tasks.
Self`-im*pos"ture (?), n. Imposture practiced on one's self;
self-deceit. South.
Self`-in`dig*na"tion (?), n. Indignation at one's own character or
actions. Baxter.
Self`-in*dul"gence (?), n. Indulgence of one's appetites, desires, or
inclinations; -- the opposite of self-restraint, and self-denial.
Self`-in*dul"gent (?), a. Indulging one's appetites, desires, etc.,
freely.
Self`-in"ter*est (?), n. Private interest; the interest or advantage of
one's self.
Self`-in"ter*est*ed, a. Particularly concerned for one's own interest
or happiness.
Self`-in`vo*lu"tion (?), n. Involution in one's self; hence,
abstraction of thought; reverie.
Self"ish (?), a. 1. Caring supremely or unduly for one's self;
regarding one's own comfort, advantage, etc., in disregard, or at the
expense, of those of others.
They judge of things according to their own private appetites and
selfish passions.
Cudworth.
In that throng of selfish hearts untrue.
Keble.
2. (Ethics) Believing or teaching that the chief motives of human
action are derived from love of self.
Hobbes and the selfish school of philosophers.
Fleming.
Self"ish*ly, adv. In a selfish manner; with regard to private interest
only or chiefly.
Self"ish*ness, n. The quality or state of being selfish; exclusive
regard to one's own interest or happiness; that supreme self-love or
self-preference which leads a person to direct his purposes to the
advancement of his own interest, power, or happiness, without regarding
those of others.
Selfishness, -- a vice utterly at variance with the happiness of
him who harbors it, and, as such, condemned by self- love.
Sir J. Mackintosh.
Syn. -- See Self-love.
Self"ism (?), n. Concentration of one's interests on one's self;
self-love; selfishness. Emerson.
Self"ist, n. A selfish person. [R.] I. Taylor.
Self`-jus"ti*fi`er (?), n. One who excuses or justifies himself. J. M.
Mason.
Self`-kin"dled (?), a. Kindled of itself, or without extraneous aid or
power. Dryden.
Self`-know"ing (?), a. 1. Knowing one's self, or one's own character,
powers, and limitations.