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hedonistic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈhɛdənɪstɪk/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /hidəˈnɪstɪk/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂d-der. Ancient Greek ἡδονή (hēdonḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English hedonist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English hedonistic From hedonist + -ic.

Meanings

1. Devoted to pleasure.
   • Among philosophers, attention to suffering has been a casualty of a long series of attacks on hedonistic utilitarianism—the doctrine that people are morally required to maximize the total surplus of happiness over suffering. 1999, Jamie Mayerfeld, Suffering and Moral Responsibility, Oxford University Press, USA, →ISBN, page 3:
   • He refers to the danger of leading our lives on a hedonistic treadmill, seeking more accomplishments and trying to get more things and more money, leading eventually to ever increasing expectations. 2003, Paul Pearsall, The Beethoven Factor, Hampton Roads Publishing, →ISBN:

Forms

Antonyms

abstemious · unluxurious · unsinful · self-abnegatory · undecadent · puritanical · nonhedonistic · antihedonistic · nondecadent · unhedonistic · austere · unepicurean · nonhedonic · ascetic

Deriveds

hedonistic calculus · antihedonistic · nonhedonistic · unhedonistic

Hypernyms

excessive · devoted

Hyponyms

dissolute · Cyrenaic · dissipated · Apician · Aristippan · debauched · Cyrenian · promiscuous · epicurean · Cyrenean · Epicurean · gluttonous · libertine · voracious · Aristippian

Relateds

sensualist · pleasure · hedonist · hedonism · hedonic · hedonistically

Synonyms

lotus-eating · sybaritical · sensualistic · Babylonian · epicurean · intemperate · epicureous · sinful · decadent · luxurious · epicureal · sybaritic · voluptuary · sybaritic · naughty · sybarite · hedonistic · epicurish · self-indulgent · decadent · voluptuarian · hedonic

Translations (25)

grc φιλήδονος (devoted to pleasure) · da hedonistisk (devoted to pleasure) · vi khoái lạc (devoted to pleasure) · de genusssüchtig (devoted to pleasure) · fi nautinnonhaluinen (devoted to pleasure) · fr hédoniste (devoted to pleasure) · uk гедоністи́чний (devoted to pleasure) · et hedonistlik (devoted to pleasure) · gl hedonista (devoted to pleasure) · el ηδονιστικός (devoted to pleasure) · pl hedonistyczny (devoted to pleasure) · es hedonístico (devoted to pleasure) · de hedonistisch (devoted to pleasure) · es hedonista (devoted to pleasure) · ast hedonista (devoted to pleasure) · nl hedonistisch (devoted to pleasure) · fi hedonistinen (devoted to pleasure) · sv hedonistisk (devoted to pleasure) · ro hedonistic (devoted to pleasure) · eo hedonisma (devoted to pleasure) · ru гедонисти́ческий (devoted to pleasure) · it edonistico (devoted to pleasure) · vi phóng đãng (devoted to pleasure) · hu hedonista (devoted to pleasure) · ca hedonista (devoted to pleasure)