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immediate gratification

immediate gratification In this historical usage, immediate gratification means the direct satisfaction of a present impulse or conscious want, without a further planned purpose.

In this historical usage, immediate gratification means the direct satisfaction of a present impulse or conscious want, without a further planned purpose. It refers to action guided at most by what feels satisfying right away.

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Drafting source: Baldwin, Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, volume II. 1902 original US edition; OCR SHA-256 b86b5dbbaa0a0b3ecf6c8b0a089a7ca5409b9bac4e6481cba91c99bba16f31bd. “Baldwin, Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, volume II” (philopsych02balduoft:chars-2856000-2868000).
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