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enlightened self-interest

noun

Definition of enlightened self-interest

: behavior based on awareness that what is in the public interest is eventually in the interest of all individuals and groups polls that are kept honest only by the enlightened self-interest of the pollsters

First Known Use of enlightened self-interest

1790, in the meaning defined above

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