SELF-INDULGENCE Synonyms: 104 Similar and Opposite Words

self-indulgence

noun

Definition of self-indulgence

as in complacency

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as in gluttony

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Recent Examples of self-indulgence With 17 songs and a long runtime, In Time of Dragons is a reminder that Tori Amos has never shied away from self-indulgence. — Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 30 Apr. 2026 But self-indulgence is the whole point of This Music May Contain Hope, and the album wouldn’t work at all without her flamboyant grandiosity. — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 27 Mar. 2026 That such a hefty topic can be used to create such breathless, eye-watering comedy without tipping into self-indulgence — and without robbing the film of its most meaningful drama — is practically a miracle. — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026 The top reason people resist showing themselves kindness, research has found, is the belief that self-compassion indicates laziness or self-indulgence. — Nir Eyal, CNBC, 10 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for self-indulgence

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Noun

And the fact that the Fever couldn’t match the Wings’ desperation served as another lesson in limiting complacency.

— Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Since complacency doesn’t appear to be in the DNA of junior running back Ammar Banire, Oswego’s coaches have been preparing to turn their backfield standout loose.

— Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of complacency

Noun

This is consistent with the film’s overarching preoccupation with greed, which here takes the form of gluttony.

— Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 16 July 2026
The bicentennial was the moment of nostalgic gluttony that topped them all, with its reenactment of battles, its old-fashioned sailing ships, and its outpouring of sappy patriotic products printed with the magic numerals 76.

— Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026

Definition of gluttony

Noun

Prioritize Lasting Placements Over Speed In staffing, speed is a vanity metric.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Most Popular In Oona’s bathroom the tiles are from Country Floors, the vintage mirror is from Venice, Italy, and the vanity is an antique chest that was converted to a vanity with fittings by Waterworks.

— Sara Ruffin Costello, Architectural Digest, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of vanity

Noun

In that thread, the original poster said that the real problem was that tiny details and even major historical insights that can be gleaned from reviewing rare books will be lost to AI greed.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 17 Aug. 2026
The report accuses doctors and hospitals of being driven by greed and of using fraudulent billing practices.

— Selena Simmons-Duffin, NPR, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of greed

Noun

This linen pair features a high waist and an elastic band for those moments of overindulgence.

— Jessica Benavides Canepa, Travel + Leisure, 16 July 2026
Their overindulgence allowed filmmakers like Quentin Tarantino, Steven Soderbergh and Robert Rodriguez to emerge and find an audience for scrappy and transgressive stories.

— Brent Lang, Variety, 15 July 2026

Definition of overindulgence

Noun

The situation gets even worse once Bonnie’s concerned parents try to connect their daughter with friends by buying her a Lilypad, a child-appropriate smart tablet in frog-like casing, voiced with slappably perky self-satisfaction by Greta Lee.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 16 June 2026
After 50 minutes of self-satisfaction, the hero fades serenely into a sunset that Dudamel made miraculously mystical.

— Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026

Definition of self-satisfaction

Noun

That's increasingly difficult as chips become smaller and new solutions are needed to address signal integrity, power delivery, and heat dissipation.

— Zev Fima, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2026
Better quantum simulations Mingjian Zhu, a graduate student in physics and astronomy at Rice, revealed the system enables independent control over a thermal environment’s temperature and dissipation rate.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 31 July 2026

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