🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

자기만족적인

Pronunciation / Transliteration: jagi-manjokjeogin

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Self-indulgent/ˌsɛlf.ɪnˈdʌl.dʒənt/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그의 소설은 다소 자기만족적이라는 평을 받았다."

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Allowing oneself to enjoy the pleasure of something freely; excessively satisfying one's own desires.

    "Buying the expensive sports car was a completely self-indulgent purchase."
  2. 2

    Characterized by or yielding to one's own desires or whims, often to an excessive or critical degree in artistic or personal expression.

    "The director's latest film was criticized by reviewers as being overly long and self-indulgent."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the reflexive pronoun 'self-' combined with 'indulgent', which originates from the Latin 'indulgentem', meaning complaisant or fond. The compound emerged in the 19th century to describe the unchecked gratification of one's own desires, whims, or pleasures without regard for restraint.

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