self-gratification

self-gratification
noun
1. indiscipline with regard to sensuous pleasures
Syn: ↑dissoluteness, ↑incontinence
Derivationally related forms: ↑dissolute (for: ↑dissoluteness)
Hypernyms: ↑indiscipline, ↑undiscipline
Hyponyms: ↑rakishness
2. the act of satisfying your own desires and giving yourself pleasure
Syn: ↑head trip
Hypernyms: ↑gratification

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\\| ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ noun
: the act of pleasing oneself or of satisfying one's desires

the raw human being has unconscious forces that push him crudely toward self-gratification — Priscilla Robertson

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/self"grat'euh fi kay"sheuhn, self'-/, n.
the act of pleasing or satisfying oneself, esp. the gratifying of one's own impulses, needs, or desires.
[1670-80]

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