self-indulgence

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self-indulgence

noun self-indulgences · self indulgence · selfindulgence

  1. countable, uncountable Excessive or immoderate indulgence of one's own personal desires and needs above all others. When Nirvana toured with us in 1991 before Nevermind broke, no one in Europe knew who they were. They were often the first band onstage at festivals, playing amazing shows filmed by Dave Markey, the filmmaker who came along with us to document the tour that later became the film 1991: The Year Punk

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noun excessive or immoderate indulgence of one's own personal desires and needs

Españolautoindulgencia
Françaisdissolution
DeutschMaßlosigkeit, Zügellosigkeit
Ελληνικάμαλθακότητα malthakótita, συβαριτισμός syvaritismós
Русскийпотво́рство свои́м жела́ниям potvórstvo svoím želánijam, потака́ние свои́м сла́бостям potakánije svoím slábostjam

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@misc{self_indulgence_2026,
  title = {self-indulgence},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/self-indulgence},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}