algedonicsn.
/ˌaldʒᵻˈdɒnɪks/, U.S. /ˌældʒəˈdɑnɪks/ Philosophy. rare.
H. R. Marshall's word for: the science or study of pleasure and pain. Cf. algedonic adj.
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1894 H. R. Marshall Pain, Pleasure, & Æsthetics i. 9 It would be well if English usage authorized the word Algedonics..to signify the science of pain and pleasure.
1911 Encycl. Brit. XX. 456/1 The investigation of the pleasure-pain phenomena of consciousness has taken a prominent place in psychological and ethical speculation, the terms ‘Redonics’ and ‘algedonics’..being coined to express different aspects of the subject.
2005 Dict. Mod. Amer. Philosophers III. 1626/1 Marshall viewed aesthetics as a special branch of introspective psychology dealing with algedonics, the science of pleasure and pain.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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