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Princeton's WordNet

  1. dissoluteness, incontinence, self-gratificationnoun

    indiscipline with regard to sensuous pleasures

  2. self-gratification, head tripnoun

    the act of satisfying your own desires and giving yourself pleasure

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  1. self-gratificationnoun

    self-satisfaction

Wikipedia

  1. self-gratification

    Autoeroticism or autosexuality is a practice of sexually stimulating oneself, especially one's own body through accumulation of internal stimuli.The term was popularized toward the end of the 19th century by British sexologist Havelock Ellis, who defined autoeroticism as "the phenomena of spontaneous sexual emotion generated in the absence of an external stimulus proceeding, directly or indirectly, from another person".The most common autoerotic practice is masturbation. Though the terms autoeroticism and masturbation are often used interchangeably, they are not synonymous as not all autoerotic behaviors are masturbatory. Nocturnal emissions, erotic daydreams, and sexual arousal to 'sexually-neutral' stimuli (music, scenery, art, risk, spiritual reverie, etc.) are also examples of autoeroticism.

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  1. self-gratification

    Self-gratification refers to the act of pleasing oneself or satisfying one's desires or needs. This can be through physical, emotional, or mental methods. It is often associated with actions that lead to personal pleasure, enjoyment, or satisfaction, such as buying something for oneself, indulging in a favorite activity, or accomplishing personal goals.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of self-gratification in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of self-gratification in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of self-gratification in a Sentence

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  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. David Platt:

    Money is just paper or numbers on a screen, self-gratification only goes so far. So, when you`re helping another person, you`re adding something to the world. It`s an investment and people, people are what`s important.


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  • SelbstbefriedigungGerman
  • αυτο-ικανοποίησηGreek
  • autogratificaciónSpanish
  • auto-gratificationFrench
  • आत्म संतुष्टिHindi
  • zelfbevredigingDutch

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