Antonyms of adj self-giving

1 sense of self-giving

Sense 1
self-denying, self-giving, self-sacrificing -- (willing to deprive yourself)

INDIRECT (VIA unselfish) -> selfish -- (concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others; "Selfish men were...trying to make capital for themselves out of the sacred cause of civil rights"- Maria Weston Chapman)

Similarity of adj self-giving

1 sense of self-giving

Sense 1
self-denying, self-giving, self-sacrificing -- (willing to deprive yourself)
       => unselfish (vs. selfish) -- (disregarding your own advantages and welfare over those of others)

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