self-indulgence.

Giving one's own pleasures or wishes more attention than restraint or responsibility allows.

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Words that belong together

• habitual self-indulgence
• literary self-indulgence

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The editor cut passages that felt like self-indulgence.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.