interés personal

m.

selfishness, self, self-interest, selfhood.

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(n.) = vested interest, self-interest, axe + to grind, personal interest

Ex. At every level there are vested interests and any change threatens someone's special interests, privileges, authority, or status.

Ex. Therefore, the library manager must walk a tightrope that is continually swayed by self-interest (on the part of oneself and others).

Ex. The seventeenth century could tolerate the growth of a public library which was committed to the spread of knowledge without any particular axe to grind other than the rather vague one of promoting a happy Christian state.

Ex. This, of course, is inevitable in an institution presided over by a committee which has infinitely less personal interest in books than in politics or the price of coal.

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(n.) = vested interest, self-interest, axe + to grind, personal interest

Ex: At every level there are vested interests and any change threatens someone's special interests, privileges, authority, or status.

Ex: Therefore, the library manager must walk a tightrope that is continually swayed by self-interest (on the part of oneself and others).

Ex: The seventeenth century could tolerate the growth of a public library which was committed to the spread of knowledge without any particular axe to grind other than the rather vague one of promoting a happy Christian state.

Ex: This, of course, is inevitable in an institution presided over by a committee which has infinitely less personal interest in books than in politics or the price of coal.