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self-indulgent

 
/ˌself·ɪnˈdʌl·dʒənt/ adj

Definition

allowing yourself to have or do anything you want: A lot of the poetry is just self-indulgent nonsense. self-indulgence
 
/ˌself·ɪnˈdʌl·dʒəns/ n [U]
My parents’ trip to Hawaii was an unusual self-indulgence for them.
(Definition of self-indulgent adj from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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