The average vocabulary of an adult Russian-speaking person is about seventy-five thousand words, which includes derivatives. At the same time, the number of word forms that a person operates with grows imperceptibly for him. However, you should not rely solely on "natural" word recognition. Sometimes you have to look for the meaning of new ones on your own, because they are not so common. Such rather rare words include "self-interest". Not everyone may know what it means.
What is this?
"Self-interest" is, according to the small academic dictionary, concern only for one's own personal gain. This meaning is contained in the word itself: "self-interest" is a benefit, and "own" indicates to us that a self-serving person cares only about what is beneficial for him, not caring too much about the interests of other people. It is obvious that the word has a negative connotation, sohow greed and selfishness are condemned in Russian culture.
Synonyms
Many words in Russian have overlapping meanings. Synonyms for "self-interest" are:
- covetousness;
- selfishness;
- greed;
- commercialism;
- love of money;
- skinning;
- selfishness;
- trade;
- greed;
- greed.
Examples of usage
For a better memorization of the meaning of words, examples are needed. Since the word "self-interest" is a literary one, examples of its use can be found mainly in fiction. Consider a few samples:
- Or when the condemnation of princes and governors for their self-interest and negligence for the welfare of the state is put into the mouth of Khan Shingalei.
- But after the formation of the provincial committees, his ardor cools down: he is outraged by the noble self-interest inherent in most of them.
- Since selfishness and selfishness are always regarded as immoral or, at best, morally low attitudes, it is clear that they cannot underlie the idea-ruler.
- Wouldn't it be more correct to say: they are all ridiculous, because their insignificance, self-interest, uterine existence do not correspond even to the most general ideas about the high purpose of a person?
Instead of a conclusion
A person's life without words, without speech will never be so full, so rich. Large vocabularyallows you to express shades of feelings and meanings, without resorting to any excesses, briefly and clearly. That is why any educated person needs to constantly expand their vocabulary, learn new words, memorize the features of their use and subtleties of meanings.
