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单词 hedonist
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hedonistn.

Brit. /ˈhiːdn̩ɪst/, /ˈhiːdənɪst/, /ˈhɛdn̩ɪst/, /ˈhɛdənɪst/, U.S. /ˈhidn̩əst/, /ˈhidənəst/
Etymology: formed as hedonism n. + -ist suffix.
One who maintains the doctrine of hedonism; one who regards pleasure as the chief good.
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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > moral philosophy > hedonism > [noun] > adherent of
hedonist1856
1856 T. De Quincey Confessions Eng. Opium-eater (rev. ed.) in Select. Grave & Gay V. 251 In Professor Wilson's word, ‘Gentlemen, I am a Hedonist; and, if you must know why I take opium, that's the reason why’... Professor Wilson coined the English word Hedonist.
1874 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 1st Ser. 390 If a man chances to be a Hedonist, he should show the good temper which is the best virtue of the indolent.
1876 Pater in E. Gosse Crit. Kit-Kats (1896) 258 I wish they wouldn't call me ‘a hedonist’; it produces such a bad effect on the minds of people who don't know Greek.
attributive.1878 E. Dowden Stud. Lit. 402 This devotion to beauty, to beauty alone..was a kind of hedonist asceticism.1896 Mrs. H. Ward Sir George Tressady 361 George's hedonist temper was almost at the end of his patience.
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