hedonism

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/ˈhɛdənɪzəm/

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/ˈhɛdənɪzəm/ · /ˈhiːdənɪzəm/

Definition of hedonism

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noun

(uncountable, usually)The philosophical belief that happiness, particularly sensual pleasure, is the highest good in life.

“It began with his shrugging off of both family and faith and taking the Amtrak Vermonter out of Penn Station to major in minor hedonism and minor in the major modernists at a hippie college in the great Jewless north.”

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noun

(uncountable, usually)The philosophical belief that happiness, particularly sensual pleasure, is the highest good in life.

“It began with his shrugging off of both family and faith and taking the Amtrak Vermonter out of Penn Station to major in minor hedonism and minor in the major modernists at a hippie college in the great Jewless north.”
(countable, usually)A general devotion to the pursuit of pleasure.

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First attested 1856: from Ancient Greek ἡδονή (hēdonḗ, “pleasure”) + -ism.

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