entertainment
noun
the act of entertaining; agreeable occupation for the mind; diversion; amusement.
self-entertainment
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a word derived from
entertainment.
Example Sentences
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As you go ahead the field of choice becomes more meager, in terms of self-entertainment.
From Time Magazine Archive
Winter drives a man back upon himself, and tests his powers of self-entertainment.
From Wake-Robin by John Burroughs
Her self-possession, her capacity for self-entertainment, the care she took not to arouse the others, all impressed him very much.
From The Damnation of Theron Ware by Harold Frederic
This supplementary course of self-improvement and self-entertainment had now continued for three years.
From With the Procession by Henry Blake Fuller
Happiness is the natural condition of every normal child, and if the small boy or girl has a peculiar facility for any one thing, it is for self-entertainment.
From How to be Happy Though Married Being a Handbook to Marriage by Edward John Hardy
