Collocations withself-interest
These are words often used in combination withself-interest.
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economic self-interest
That is in our economic self-interest.
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enlightened self-interest
He takes both phenomena to stem from enlightened self-interest.
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individual self-interest
They believe in individual self-interest.
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long-term self-interest
In other words, they may see their immediate self-interest as coinciding with their long-term self-interest.
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mutual self-interest
It was a society of alliances of mutual self-interest and regard set in opposition to competing interests, antagonisms, and enmity.
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narrow self-interest
Instead, they have had a clear regard, as always, to their own narrow self-interest.
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national self-interest
Can this just be national self-interest?
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
pursuit of self-interest
That her novel articulates a story in which the pursuit of self-interest is not stigmatized or considered vulgar is significant in historical terms.
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