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once again..
\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.
Please read the defintion. EXCLUSIVE regard to ones own interest or happiness. Exclusive.. here are the definitons of it that apply here.
"Not accompanied by others; single or sole."
As in the single or sole motivation to do something... whereas it is not accompanied by any other motivational factors.
"Complete; undivided"
same thing
You would be telling me then, that the sole reason I gave blood was to improve my self image. This my friend, is not true.
The same thing can be applied to all of the other examples the others have given. Most of which are very good ones.
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