Meaning Of Self-indulgence In English - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of self-indulgence in English self-indulgencenoun [ S or U ]   usually disapproving uk /ˌself.ɪnˈdʌl.dʒəns/ us /ˌself.ɪnˈdʌl.dʒəns/ Add to word list Add to word list the act of allowing yourself to have or do anything that you enjoy: Rarely have I seen two people work together so effortlessly and with so little self-indulgence. Why should they be made to feel guilty for a little self-indulgence? See self-indulgent

• There is still a curious assumption that having a child is the ultimate self-indulgence.
• The Roman poet Livy wrote that greed and self-indulgence led Romans to dangerous excesses.
• It can become difficult to draw the line between what is best for the pet, and what is pure self-indulgence.

Taking pleasure in something

• bask
• bask in something phrasal verb
• bask/bathe in reflected glory idiom
• be a glutton for punishment idiom
• be a great one for something idiom
• flatter
• get off on something phrasal verb
• get over something/someone phrasal verb
• get your jollies idiom
• glory in something phrasal verb
• glutton
• live it up idiom
• luxuriate in something phrasal verb
• masochism
• masochistic
• masochistically
• savour
• slaver
• wallow
• whoop

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Translations of self-indulgence

in Chinese (Traditional) 自我放縱… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 自我放纵… See more in Spanish tendencia a permitirse excesos, indulgencia consigo mismo… See more in Portuguese comodismo… See more in French in Turkish in Dutch in Czech in Danish in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Ukrainian amour de son propre confort… See more kendi isteklerine boyun eğme… See more genotzucht… See more nestřídmost… See more selvforkælenhed… See more pemanjaan diri… See more การหมกหมุ่นอยู่กับตัวเอง… See more sự bê tha… See more pobłażanie sobie… See more eftergivenhet mot sig själv, njutningslystnad… See more menurut nafsu… See more die Hemmungslosigkeit… See more nytelsessyke… See more потурання своїм бажанням… See more Need a translator?

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