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Recent Examples of self-indulgence
Ryan argues that Cooper’s decision to operate the camera himself (with Matthew Libatique serving as DP) leads to some directorial self-indulgence that makes for a frustrating, muddled experience that could’ve used more editorial discipline.
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 17 Oct. 2025
Indulgence can tip over into self-indulgence all too easily; holding back can result in a timidity that makes a song sound at odds with its subject.
—Maura Johnston, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2025
Occasionally, as in the obscurity of Legion’s later episodes or the plodding pace of some Fargo plots, this approach can verge on self-indulgence.
—Judy Berman, Time, 5 Aug. 2025
This goes beyond LinkedIn's occasional awkwardness or self-indulgence.
—Nathan Pettijohn, Forbes.com, 27 July 2025
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 17 Oct. 2025
Indulgence can tip over into self-indulgence all too easily; holding back can result in a timidity that makes a song sound at odds with its subject.
—Maura Johnston, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2025
Occasionally, as in the obscurity of Legion’s later episodes or the plodding pace of some Fargo plots, this approach can verge on self-indulgence.
—Judy Berman, Time, 5 Aug. 2025
This goes beyond LinkedIn's occasional awkwardness or self-indulgence.
—Nathan Pettijohn, Forbes.com, 27 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-indulgence
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Yet, America’s current posture reflects decades of complacency, not the realities of 21st-century competition.—
Paul McCarthy,
Boston Herald,
23 Jan. 2026
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Prosperous empires throughout history have suffered failures born from complacency.—
Jamie Holmes,
Twin Cities,
22 Jan. 2026
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The real culprit, though, is the gluttony of college football.—
Dana ONeil,
CNN Money,
2 Dec. 2025
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It’s been a record-breaking summer of gluttony in the Premier League.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
2 Sep. 2025
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The result is a dish built for dipping, dragging and unapologetic indulgence.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
6 Jan. 2026
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Traditionally, bakers in European countries used up all their fats and sugar ahead of the Lenten season since religious observances forbid indulgences during the season.—
Jelissa Burns,
Freep.com,
6 Jan. 2026
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Posing on top of an antique vanity and inside a wooden cabinet, Bieber cycled through a parade of sheer lace, see-through mesh, and strappy designs in shades of red, black, pink, and cream.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
7 Jan. 2026
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Store liquids—such as lotion, makeup, perfumes, and skincare—on a tray to protect your vanity table or bathroom cabinet.—
Abby Wolner,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 Jan. 2026
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The political and economic geography of the copperbelt, the mining zone that snakes under Katanga and northern Zambia, has been fashioned by external forces and outside greed since at least the time of Belgian colonization.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Jan. 2026
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Industry is where innocence goes to die, choked out in bed by various personifications of greed.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
19 Jan. 2026
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For instance, the month begins with Venus in Libra squaring Jupiter in Cancer on Nov. 2, amplifying everything from emotional cravings to the likelihood of overindulgence.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
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The Bible never calls wine evil – only the overindulgence of it.—
Lauren Green,
FOXNews.com,
26 Oct. 2025
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There’s a fine line between righteousness and self-satisfaction, and the second season, which premieres on HBO Max on January 8, frequently stumbles into the latter territory.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
6 Jan. 2026
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Enmired in the self-satisfactions and unnamed timidities of childhood, Galinda finds in herself neither canniness nor the need to cultivate it.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
30 Nov. 2025
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These were both indicators of greater hardness and higher energy dissipation in the copper.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Jan. 2026
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Notably, like the Navier-Stokes equations (and unlike the other two kinds of equations the researchers studied), the CCF equations describe fluids that have a dissipation property akin to viscosity.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Self-indulgence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-indulgence. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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