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Definition of self-gratification in English: self-gratificationnoun mass nounThe indulgence or satisfaction of one's own desires. this culture of instant self-gratification Example sentencesExamples - Hiking fanatics can mix self-gratification with altruism by trekking through the wilderness for charity this weekend.
- They used and abused their patients for self-gratification.
- He seems to be playing this game for self-gratification instead of a desire to help someone else.
- The stories were invariably morality tales, where the child hero or heroine was faced with a choice between pursuing self-gratification or helping a person in distress.
- I've got nothing against self-gratification - provided no-one gets hurt.
- We now value self-gratification more than self-sacrifice and don't want to take on the expense and responsibility children bring.
- Too often, Christmas seems to celebrate materialism and self-gratification.
- We hear too often about how today's young people are selfish and only interested in instant self-gratification.
- No longer do we need to fish for basic survival - we do it for enjoyment and self-gratification.
- Given her brush with death, it's understandable that Christine relishes the self-gratification that accompanies competing.
- Marriage and long-term commitment have to mean more than short-term self-gratification, otherwise what separates them from a holiday fling?
- A culture that is preoccupied with the self and with self-gratification is a culture that is moving away from civilization and toward chaos.
Synonyms self-indulgence, overindulgence, overconsumption, intemperance, immoderation, immoderateness, dissipation, dissolution, dissoluteness, debauchery, excess, excessiveness, lack of restraint, prodigality, extravagance, decadence, pleasure-seeking, wantonness, lack of self-control
Definition of self-gratification in US English: self-gratificationnoun The indulgence or satisfaction of one's own desires. a culture of instant self-gratification Example sentencesExamples - A culture that is preoccupied with the self and with self-gratification is a culture that is moving away from civilization and toward chaos.
- The stories were invariably morality tales, where the child hero or heroine was faced with a choice between pursuing self-gratification or helping a person in distress.
- Hiking fanatics can mix self-gratification with altruism by trekking through the wilderness for charity this weekend.
- Marriage and long-term commitment have to mean more than short-term self-gratification, otherwise what separates them from a holiday fling?
- I've got nothing against self-gratification - provided no-one gets hurt.
- We now value self-gratification more than self-sacrifice and don't want to take on the expense and responsibility children bring.
- Too often, Christmas seems to celebrate materialism and self-gratification.
- No longer do we need to fish for basic survival - we do it for enjoyment and self-gratification.
- They used and abused their patients for self-gratification.
- We hear too often about how today's young people are selfish and only interested in instant self-gratification.
- He seems to be playing this game for self-gratification instead of a desire to help someone else.
- Given her brush with death, it's understandable that Christine relishes the self-gratification that accompanies competing.
Synonyms self-indulgence, overindulgence, overconsumption, intemperance, immoderation, immoderateness, dissipation, dissolution, dissoluteness, debauchery, excess, excessiveness, lack of restraint, prodigality, extravagance, decadence, pleasure-seeking, wantonness, lack of self-control
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