Synonyms for self-gratification
self-grat·i·fi·ca·tion

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1. self-gratification

   Synonyms:
   self-indulgence, self-seeking, self-will, selfishness

   Antonyms:
   self-abnegation, self-control, self-denial, self-devotion, self-immolation, self-renunciation, self-sacrifice

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dissoluteness, incontinence, self-gratificationnoun

   indiscipline with regard to sensuous pleasures

   Synonyms:
   head trip, incontinence, incontinency, dissoluteness

2. self-gratification, head tripnoun

   the act of satisfying your own desires and giving yourself pleasure

   Synonyms:
   trip, head trip, incontinence, dissoluteness

Matched Categories

1. • Gratification
   • Indiscipline

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1. Helen Keller:

   Many persons have the wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

2. Helen Keller:

   Many people have the wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

3. Harold Bursztajn:

   The fundamental dilemma is to distinguish those people who are mad because of their addictions versus those people who are simply bad and are using their addictions as part of self-gratification rather than self-medication, so there's a fundamental distinction.

4. Daniel Faulkner:

   Personally, I think he doesn't care what kind of news he gets, whether it's bad or good, it's news, his name comes up on the airwaves, and I think it gives him some kind of self-gratification. I also think that he is a progressive person, left, that for some reason he believes people should not be accountable for their crimes, which is a very dangerous, very dangerous person.

5. Helen Keller:

   Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.