SELF-INDULGENCE
Dictionary entry overview: What does self-indulgence mean?
• SELF-INDULGENCE (noun)
The noun SELF-INDULGENCE has 2 senses:
1. an inability to resist the gratification of whims and desires
2. excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence
Familiarity information: SELF-INDULGENCE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SELF-INDULGENCE (noun)
Meaning:
An inability to resist the gratification of whims and desires
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
indulgence; self-indulgence
Hypernyms ("self-indulgence" is a kind of...):
indiscipline; undiscipline (the trait of lacking discipline)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "self-indulgence"):
luxury (something that is an indulgence rather than a necessity)
Meaning:
Excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
intemperateness; self-indulgence; intemperance
Context example:
the intemperance of their language
Hypernyms ("self-indulgence" is a kind of...):
humoring; indulgence; indulging; pampering (the act of indulging or gratifying a desire)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "self-indulgence"):
fling; spree (a brief indulgence of your impulses)
dissipation; dissolution; licentiousness; looseness; profligacy (dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure)
jag (a bout of drinking or drug taking)
