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self-indulgent

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self-in·dul·gence (slfn-dljns)
n.
Excessive indulgence of one's own appetites and desires.

self-in·dulgent adj.
self-in·dulgent·ly adv.

self-indulgent
Adjective
tending to allow oneself to have or do things that one enjoys
self-indulgence n
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Adj.1.self-indulgent - indulgent of your own appetites and desires; "a self-indulgent...way of looking at life"- Havelock Ellis
indulgent - characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone ; "indulgent grandparents"
Translations
Spanish self-indulgent [sɛlfɪnˈdʌldʒənt] adjindulgente consigo mismo
French self-indulgent [sɛlfɪnˈdʌldʒənt] self adjqui ne se refuse rien
German self-indulgent [sɛlfɪnˈdʌldʒənt] self adjgenießerisch;
to be self-indulgent → sich verwöhnen

Italian self-indulgent [sɛlfɪnˈdʌldʒənt] adjindulgente verso se stesso/a

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The French trapper is represented as a lighter, softer, more self-indulgent kind of man.
Doubtless; but I fear that my young relative Will Ladislaw is chiefly determined in his aversion to these callings by a dislike to steady application, and to that kind of acquirement which is needful instrumentally, but is not charming or immediately inviting to self-indulgent taste.
A man of genius, of an ardent temperament, reckless of physical laws, self-indulgent, becomes presently unfortunate, querulous, a "discomfortable cousin," a thorn to himself and to others.
 
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