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SELF-GRATIFICATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of satisfying your own desires and giving yourself pleasure
Synonyms:
head trip; self-gratification
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("self-gratification" is a kind of...):
gratification (the act or an instance of satisfying)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Indiscipline with regard to sensuous pleasures
Synonyms:
dissoluteness; incontinence; self-gratification
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("self-gratification" is a kind of...):
indiscipline; undiscipline (the trait of lacking discipline)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "self-gratification"):
rakishness (the quality of a rake)
