how to pronounce selfish

/ˈsɛlfɪʃ/

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selfish is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of selfish in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… even if you're selfish where you say i …”

meanings of selfish

adjective:

Having regard for oneself above others' well-being.
Holding one's own self-interest as the standard for decision making.

selfish frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word selfish occurs in english on average 14.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics selfish can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that selfish can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;