tự lợi

Tự lợi là một thói quen không tốt.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Self-interested / Self-serving: Primarily describes an action, behavior, or motive that is intended to benefit oneself, often with a disregard for the interests or welfare of others. It carries a negative connotation of selfishness.
   • Self-advantageous: Pertaining to seeking personal gain or profit.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Hành động tự lợi của anh ta đã làm hỏng kế hoạch chung. (His self-serving action ruined the collective plan.)
  • Chính sách đó bị chỉ trích là chỉ nhằm mục đích tự lợi. (That policy was criticized as being solely for self-advantageous purposes.)
  • Đừng có thái độ tự lợi như vậy trong công việc nhóm. (Don't have such a self-interested attitude in teamwork.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used in moral, ethical, or social critiques to contrast with "vị tha" (altruistic).
• It can describe systemic or institutional behavior, not just individual actions.

Variants and Related Words

• Tự tư tự lợi (idiomatic phrase): A stronger, more emphatic compound meaning "selfish and self-seeking," highlighting excessive concern for one's own interests.
  • Hắn ta chỉ biết đến tự tư tự lợi. (He only cares about his own selfish interests.)

Synonyms

• Selfish: Concerned chiefly with one's own personal profit or pleasure.
• Self-seeking: Seeking one's own interest or selfish ends.
• Self-centered: Interested only in oneself.

Antonyms

• Vị tha: Altruistic, selfless.
• Vô tư: Selfless, impartial, disinterested.

Related Concepts

• Chủ nghĩa vị kỷ (Egoism): The ethical theory that treats self-interest as the foundation of morality.
• Ích kỷ: A common synonym for "selfish," often used in everyday speech. "Tự lợi" can sound slightly more formal or descriptive of a calculated action.