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[ heed -n-iz-uh m ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈhid nˌɪz əm / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun the doctrine that pleasure or happiness is the highest good.
devotion to pleasure as a way of life: The later Roman emperors were notorious for their hedonism.
Origin of hedonism First recorded in 1855–60; from Greek hēdonḗ “pleasure, enjoyment” + -ism
SYNONYMS FOR hedonism 2 sensualism, libertinism, debauchery, dissipation, carousal.
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ANTONYMS FOR hedonism 2 puritanism, asceticism, abstemious, self-denial.
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Words nearby hedonism Hedjaz, hedonic, hedonic calculus, hedonic damages, hedonics, hedonism , hedonist, -hedral, hedrocele, -hedron, Hedy
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Example sentences from the Web for hedonism His life of hedonism suddenly seems empty when he begins to fall in love with Grace.
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Those avatars of hedonism , The Europeans, are aghast at discovering that the average American vacation lasts for just 4.1 days.
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Georgia Congressman Bob Barr warned that “the flames of hedonism . . . are licking at the very foundations of our society.”
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But the pleasures of vengeance and hedonism prove a dead end for Wanda.
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After a night of hedonism , head out into Louisiana's Cajun Country.
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Thus early in the history of ethical theory appeared the most thorough-going exposition of hedonism .
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 | Various
But this revision of "final productivity" has further consequences for the optimistic doctrines of hedonism .
The Place of Science in Modern Civilisation and Other Essays | Thorstein Veblen
Developing from this is a new point of practical importance to the hedonism of the Cyrenaics.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 | Various
Honora's amazement at her cousin's hedonism gave way to contempt for it.
The Precipice | Elia Wilkinson Peattie
This seems to be in itself a sufficient objection to founding a deductive method of Hedonism on Mr. Spencers general conclusion.
The Methods of Ethics | Henry Sidgwick
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British Dictionary definitions for hedonism / (ˈhiːdə ˌnɪzəm , ˈhɛd- ) /
noun ethics the doctrine that moral value can be defined in terms of pleasure See utilitarianism the doctrine that the pursuit of pleasure is the highest good the pursuit of pleasure as a matter of principle
indulgence in sensual pleasures
Derived forms of hedonism hedonic or hedonistic , adjective hedonist , noun Word Origin for hedonism C19: from Greek hēdonē pleasure
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Words related to hedonism indulgence, enjoyment, debauchery, gratification, pleasure, epicureanism
Cultural definitions for hedonism In ethics, the doctrine that pleasure or happiness is the highest good in life. Some hedonists, such as the Epicureans, have insisted that pleasure of the entire mind, not just pleasure of the senses, is this highest good.
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