SELF-GRATIFICATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The act of satisfying your own desires and giving yourself pleasure

Synonyms:

head trip; self-gratification

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("self-gratification" is a kind of...):

gratification (the act or an instance of satisfying)

Meaning:

Indiscipline with regard to sensuous pleasures

Synonyms:

dissoluteness; incontinence; self-gratification

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("self-gratification" is a kind of...):

indiscipline; undiscipline (the trait of lacking discipline)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "self-gratification"):

rakishness (the quality of a rake)