interestedness en · NOUN
Etymology
From interested + -ness.
Meanings
- (uncountable) The state or quality of being interested, or having an interest; interest
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(uncountable) selfishness.
I might give them what degree of credit I pleaſed ; and take them with abatement for Mr. Solmes's intereſtedneſs, if I thought fit
1748, [Samuel Richardson], Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume II, London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, page 214:
Deriveds
Synonyms
me-firstism · selfhood · solipsism · selfishness · egomism · philauty · self-absorption · self-interestedness · porkishness · self-obsession · self-servingness · self-centeredness · suicism · egocentricity · self-centeredness · hoggery · self-obsession · egoism · me-firstism · interestedness