eudemoniceudaemonicadj.
/juːdɪˈmɒnɪk/ 1. Conducive to happiness; viewed as conducive to happiness.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > happiness > [adjective] > conducive to happiness
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1865 J. Grote Treat. Moral Ideals (1876) vi. 72 The former of these is the eudæmonic worth of actions.
2. plural.
a. (after Greek τὰ εὐδαιμονικά) (see quot. a1832).
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a1832 J. Bentham Logic in Wks. (1838–43) VIII. 289 Eudæmonics, or the art of applying life to the maximization of wellbeing.
1865 J. Grote Treat. Moral Ideals (1876) ii. 13 Eudæmonics however has generally been, and is likely to be, exceedingly ideal.
b. (nonce-use.) Appliances for comfort, means of happiness.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > happiness > [noun] > means of happiness
eudemonic1883
1883 R. F. Burton & V. F. Cameron To Gold Coast I. iv. 137 Bright sun and pure air..better eudæmonics than purple and fine linen.
Derivatives
eudeˈmonical adj.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > happiness > [adjective] > conducive to happiness
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1865 J. Grote Treat. Moral Ideals (1876) i. 8 The axiom might be very sterile in results without eudæmonical observation to give us particulars about the pain.
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