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self-indulgence en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English indulgence English self-indulgence From self- + indulgence.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Excessive or immoderate indulgence of one's own personal desires and needs above all others.
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Translations (12)

fi hillittömyys (excessive or immoderate indulgence of one's own personal desires and needs) · ru потво́рство свои́м жела́ниям (excessive or immoderate indulgence of one's own personal desires and needs) · de Zügellosigkeit (excessive or immoderate indulgence of one's own personal desires and needs) · fi omahyväisyys (excessive or immoderate indulgence of one's own personal desires and needs) · ga só (excessive or immoderate indulgence of one's own personal desires and needs) · fr dissolution (excessive or immoderate indulgence of one's own personal desires and needs) · el συβαριτισμός (excessive or immoderate indulgence of one's own personal desires and needs) · fi tolkuttomuus (excessive or immoderate indulgence of one's own personal desires and needs) · ru потака́ние свои́м сла́бостям (excessive or immoderate indulgence of one's own personal desires and needs) · es autoindulgencia (excessive or immoderate indulgence of one's own personal desires and needs) · de Maßlosigkeit (excessive or immoderate indulgence of one's own personal desires and needs) · el μαλθακότητα (excessive or immoderate indulgence of one's own personal desires and needs)