self-gratification
[self-grat-uh-fi-key-shuh n, self-]
- the act of pleasing or satisfying oneself, especially the gratifying of one's own impulses, needs, or desires.
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Origin of self-gratification
First recorded in 1670–80
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Examples from the Web for self-gratification
Contemporary Examples
The only symptoms of his condition were his doubts about God and an obsession with ‘self-gratification.’
Historical Examples
Coquetry is the desire to please, as a means of self-gratification.
Luttrell Of ArranCharles James Lever
The pursuit of pleasure, self-gratification, is an original instinct with her.
Anna the AdventuressE. Phillips Oppenheim
McGillivrays only idea of right was that of self-gratification.
Makers and Romance of Alabama HistoryB. F. Riley
He eagerly snatched at an occasion at once of self-gratification, and of humiliating his proud and arrogant brother.
Mirk Abbey, Volume 2(of 3)James Payn
She came of a race of women to whom self-sacrifice was more natural than self-gratification.
By the Light of the SoulMary E. Wilkins Freeman