SELF-INDULGENT


Meaning of SELF-INDULGENT in English

ˌself-inˈdulgent BrE AmE adjective

allowing yourself to have or do things that you enjoy but do not need, especially if you do this too often – used to show disapproval:

It feels self-indulgent spending so much on a pair of shoes.

self-indulgent novel/film etc (=said when you think the book or film only expresses the author or ↑ director 's own interests, which are not interesting to other people)

—self-indulgence noun [singular, uncountable] :

My one self-indulgence is good coffee.

—self-indulgently adverb

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.