The word is intended to be a word to describe being all about oneself. That's the point. If you want a word to be about other people, then use another word that's about other people.
There *needs* to be words to describe concepts regarding the self.
Mirriam-Webster says:
Main Entry: self·ish Pronunciation: \ˈsel-fish\ Function: adjective Date: 1640 1: concerned excessively or exclusively with oneself : seeking or concentrating on one's own advantage, pleasure, or well-being without regard for others 2: arising from concern with one's own welfare or advantage in disregard of others 3: being an actively replicating repetitive sequence of nucleic acid that serves no known function ; also : being genetic material solely concerned with its own replication
More dictionaries (and in particular, more dictionaries with editors and long histories of being the standard for language) use definitions along these lines.
The point of the word is to define acts concerning oneself without considering the impact that act has on other people. This is a concept that exists and we therefore need a word to describe it.
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The word is intended to be a word to describe being all about oneself. That's the point. If you want a word to be about other people, then use another word that's about other people.
There *needs* to be words to describe concepts regarding the self.
Mirriam-Webster says:
Main Entry:
self·ish
Pronunciation:
\ˈsel-fish\
Function:
adjective
Date:
1640
1: concerned excessively or exclusively with oneself : seeking or concentrating on one's own advantage, pleasure, or well-being without regard for others
2: arising from concern with one's own welfare or advantage in disregard of others
3: being an actively replicating repetitive sequence of nucleic acid that serves no known function ; also : being genetic material solely concerned with its own replication
More dictionaries (and in particular, more dictionaries with editors and long histories of being the standard for language) use definitions along these lines.
The point of the word is to define acts concerning oneself without considering the impact that act has on other people. This is a concept that exists and we therefore need a word to describe it.