Synonyms for self-serving
self-serv·ing

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1. self-serving, self-seekingadjective

   interested only in yourself

   Synonyms:
   self-seeking

   Antonyms:
   unselfish

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1. List of paraphrases for "self-serving":

   selfish, self-interested, egoistic, egotistical, self-seeking, interested

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1. United Nations:

   I want to make it crystal clear that this step is not a retreat from our human rights commitments. On the contrary. We take this step because our commitment does not allow us to remain a part of a hypocritical and self-serving organization that makes a mockery of human rights, we did not make this decision lightly. When this administration began 17 months ago, we were well aware of the enormous flaws in the Human Rights Council. We could have withdrawn immediately. We did not do that. Instead, we made a good faith effort to resolve the problems.

2. Cathryn Oakley:

   Make no mistake -- there is no crisis with transgender youth playing sports in Georgia. Decades of experience in states across the country show that this is a non-issue, self-serving politicians, catering to an extreme portion of their party's base, are showing that they're willing to harm vulnerable kids who just want to play with their friends.

3. Franklin D. Roosevelt:

   The hopes of the Republic cannot forever tolerate either undeserved poverty or self-serving wealth.

4. Paul Harvey:

   It was self-serving politicians who convinced recent generations of Americans that we could all stand in a circle with our hands in each other’s pockets and somehow get rich.

5. Chuck Grassley:

   They shouldn't be transparently self-serving attempts to justify whatever the president or an attorney general wants to do for political reasons.