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单词 hedonism
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
he•don•ism /ˈhidənˌɪzəm/USA pronunciation   n. [uncountable]
  1. belief in or devotion to pleasure as a way of life.
he•don•ist, n. [countable]
he•don•is•tic, adj. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
he•don•ism  (hēd′n iz′əm),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. the doctrine that pleasure or happiness is the highest good.
  2. devotion to pleasure as a way of life:The later Roman emperors were notorious for their hedonism.
  • Greek hēdon(é̄) pleasure + -ism
  • 1855–60
    • 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged sensualism, libertinism, debauchery, dissipation, carousal.
    • 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged puritanism, asceticism, abstemiousness, self-denial.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
hedonism /ˈhiːdəˌnɪzəm ˈhɛd-/ n
  1. the doctrine that moral value can be defined in terms of pleasure
  2. the doctrine that the pursuit of pleasure is the highest good
  3. indulgence in sensual pleasures
Etymology: 19th Century: from Greek hēdonē pleasure

heˈdonic, ˌhedonˈistic adj ˈhedonist n
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