Word Meanings - SELF-CONCERN - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Concern for one's self.
Related words: (words related to SELF-CONCERN)
- CONCERNEDLY
In a concerned manner; solicitously; sympathetically. - CONCERNING
Pertaining to; regarding; having relation to; respecting; as regards. I have accepted thee concerning this thing. Gen. xix. 21. The Lord hath spoken good concerning Israel. Num. x. 29. - CONCERNED
Disturbed; troubled; solicitous; as, to be much concerned for the safety of a friend. - CONCERN
fr. L. concernere to mix or mingle together, as in a sieve for separating; con- + cernere to separate, sift, distinguish by the 1. To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to. - UNCONCERNMENT
The state of being unconcerned, or of having no share or concern; unconcernedness. South. - INCONCERNING
Unimportant; trifling. "Trifling and inconcerning matters." Fuller. - UNCONCERN
Want of concern; absence of anxiety; freedom from solicitude; indifference. A listless unconcern, Cold, and averting from our neighbor's good. Thomson. - UNCONCERNED
Not concerned; not anxious or solicitous; easy in mind; carelessly secure; indifferent; as, to be unconcerned at what has happened; to be unconcerned about the future. -- Un`con*cern"ed*ly, adv. -- Un`con*cern"ed*ness, n. Happy mortals, unconcerned - SELF-CONCERN
Concern for one's self. - UNCONCERNING
Not interesting of affecting; insignificant; not belonging to one. Addison.