self-gratification
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of self-gratification
First recorded in 1670–80
Example Sentences
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It will concern whether AIs have any independent right to self-fulfillment and self-gratification.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Like clockwork, the Academy rides into the year on a tide of self-gratification, and, with a few exceptions, the results are unlovely.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 13, 2020
Crucially, these collected lyrics aren’t an exercise in self-gratification; Sondheim is insightful and unsparing about his own mistakes, even the ones that only he is smart enough to see.
From Slate ● Nov. 18, 2019
They may not use his particular cover and cast pitiless self-gratification as a healing touch.
From New York Times ● Jan. 27, 2018
He tempts men to the indulgence of appetite or to some other form of self-gratification, and thus benumbs their sensibilities, so that they fail to hear the very things which they most need to learn.
From The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan by Ellen Gould Harmon White
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