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self-gratification

[self-grat-uh-fi-kay-shuhn, self-] / ˈsɛlfˌgræt ə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən, ˌsɛlf- /


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It will concern whether AIs have any independent right to self-fulfillment and self-gratification.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Like clockwork, the Academy rides into the year on a tide of self-gratification, and, with a few exceptions, the results are unlovely.

From The New Yorker ● Jan. 13, 2020

Crucially, these collected lyrics aren’t an exercise in self-gratification; Sondheim is insightful and unsparing about his own mistakes, even the ones that only he is smart enough to see.

From Slate ● Nov. 18, 2019

It will examine the pathology of power in the service of self-gratification and self-protection — from the law and from accountability.

From New York Times ● Sep. 2, 2019

Coquetry is the desire to please, as a means of self-gratification.

From Luttrell Of Arran Complete by Charles James Lever


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