Definition of Self-indulgence

1. Noun. An inability to resist the gratification of whims and desires.

Exact synonyms: Indulgence
Generic synonyms: Indiscipline, Undiscipline
Specialized synonyms: Luxury
Derivative terms: Indulge, Self-indulgent

2. Noun. Excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence. "The intemperance of their language"

Definition of Self-indulgence

1. Noun. Excessive or immoderate indulgence of one's own personal desires and needs above all others. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Self-indulgence

self-help groups
self-hypnosis
self-image
self-images
self-immolate
self-immolation
self-immolations
self-importance
self-important
self-imposed
self-improvement
self-incrimination
self-induced
self-inductance
self-induction
self-indulgence (current term)
self-indulgent
self-infection
self-inflicted
self-injure
self-injured
self-injures
self-injuring
self-injury
self-insertion
self-insurance
self-interest
self-involved
self-justification

Literary usage of Self-indulgence

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"... leading no life of self-indulgence, except, indeed, that, being happy in each other, we find everything easy. We are working hard to provide for others ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... greed, or self-indulgence. Yet in exacting of lus followers a life of severe simplicity, Buddha did not go to the extremes of fanaticism that ..."

3. The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient by Richard Garnett, Leon i.e. Alexandre Le'on Valle'e, Léon Vallée, Alois Leonhard Brandl (1890)
"HOW self-indulgence PARALYZES VIRTUE. BY WILLIAM LAW. (From the " Serious Call.") [WILLIAM LAW, one of the foremost of eighteenth-century divines, ..."

4. Conversations with Children on the Gospels by Amos Bronson Alcott (1837)
"Connexion between Self-Indulgence and Cowardice. — Repentance.— Emblem of self-indulgence. — Spiritual Illumination. Mr. Alcott. ..."

5. The Life of William Wilberforce by Robert Isaac Wilberforce, Caspar Morris, Samuel Wilberforce (1839)
"... it was not because his time had been passed in ease or self-indulgence, but because he had never learned to " stop his ears at the cry of the poor. ..."

6. Room at the Top by Adam Craig (1882)
"The moral of this little story is capable of a very extensive application in life.—Smiles. EVILS OF self-indulgence. T, like Cleopatra, you had dissolved a ..."

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