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hedoˈnistic, a. [f. prec. + -ic.] Pertaining to hedonists, or of the nature of hedonism.
1866Mill in Edin. Rev. CXXIII. 341 Sokrates..inculcates the ordinary duties of life on hedonistic grounds, and recommends them by the ordinary hedonistic inducements. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) IV. 30 The Utilitarian or hedonistic mode of speaking. 1894Thinker V. 571. Hence hedoˈnistically adv., according to hedonism, in reference to hedonism.
1874Sidgwick Meth. Ethics ii. v. §4. 156 The moral pain..would be so great as to render the whole remainder of life hedonistically worthless. 1886― Outl. Hist. Ethics iv. §6. 181 note, Shaftesbury interprets the ‘good’ of the individual hedonistically, as equivalent to pleasure, satisfaction, delight, enjoyment. |