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Definitions for self-indulgent
self-in·dul·gent
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Princeton's WordNet
self-indulgentadjective
indulgent of your own appetites and desires
"a self-indulgent...way of looking at life"- Havelock Ellis
Wiktionary
self-indulgentadjective
Exhibiting tendencies of self-indulgence.
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self-indulgent
Self-indulgent refers to the act of excessively or overly pampering oneself, particularly in satisfying personal desires or pleasures without any restraint or consideration for others. This behavior often leans towards self-gratification, possibly to the point of extravagance or excess.
Webster Dictionary
Self-indulgentadjective
indulging one's appetites, desires, etc., freely
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of self-indulgent in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of self-indulgent in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of self-indulgent in a Sentence
I think it is incredibly selfish, it's incredibly self-indulgent.
Everyone on that Zoom will agree that his tone was all wrong and his sole purpose was to intimidate, really appalling behavior. And this insinuation that Naomi owes her off-court success to the media is a myth — don’t be so self-indulgent.
I went to the president of my record company, who's a man who genuinely likes music. And I said,' Look, I made all these records for you... I'm going to do this just for me, this might be self-indulgent -- if it sells two copies, I don't care. But if I can't record this music, I'm going to die.
Finding the motivation was really about giving myself the permission to write. For me and for other veterans, it’s something we have to overcome in terms of drawing attention to ourselves or doing anything that we might perceive as selfish or self-indulgent, it’s something that I owe to the men and women that I served with and the awesome people that have come into my life. I owe it to them to share this story.
Meetings are an addictive, highly self-indulgent activity that corporations and other organizations habitually engage in only because they cannot actually masturbate.
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