self-indulgence

Noun

Meaning

Indulgence of one's appetites, desires, or inclinations; -- the opposite of self-restraint, and self-denial.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Alternative names

self indulgence

Synonyms

indulgence intemperance intemperateness gluttony entertainment excess pleasure ease dissolution luxury greed amusement enjoyment materialism dissipation
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Antonyms

control good difficulty discipline burden distress
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Hypernyms

indulgence pampering indulging indiscipline humoring undiscipline

Hyponyms

jag dissolution luxury dissipation spree fling

Related terms

self-indulgent

Examples

the intemperance of their language Source: Internet

Analysis Hal Prince said: "Follies examines obsessive behavior, neurosis and self-indulgence more microscopically than anything I know of." Source: Internet

He argues that Pound was incapable of sustained thought and "at the mercy of random flights of 'angelic insight,' an Icarian self-indulgence of prejudice which is not checked by a total view to which it could be subordinated". Source: Internet

It was heavily scrutinised by the American media and critics, with The New York Post describing it as "an orgy of self-indulgence" and also describing Beckham as "vapid and condescending". Source: Internet

Audrey Lorde once said that “caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation. Source: Internet

Bryony is no different, except that she takes self-indulgence beyond comedy into the realm of menace to those closest to her. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

self-induced abortion self-inductance self-induction self-indulgent self-indulgently self-infatuated