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he·don·ism    Audio Help   [heed-n-iz-uhm] Pronunciation Key
–noun
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.

[Origin: 1855–60; < Gk hédon() pleasure + -ism]

2. sensualism, libertinism, debauchery, dissipation, carousal.
2. puritanism, asceticism, abstemiousness, self-denial.
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he·don·ism    Audio Help   (hēd'n-ĭz'əm)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. Pursuit of or devotion to pleasure, especially to the pleasures of the senses.
  2. Philosophy The ethical doctrine holding that only what is pleasant or has pleasant consequences is intrinsically good.
  3. Psychology The doctrine holding that behavior is motivated by the desire for pleasure and the avoidance of pain.


[Greek hēdonē, pleasure; see swād- in Indo-European roots + -ism.]

he'don·ist n., he'don·is'tic adj., he'don·is'ti·cal·ly adv.
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hedonism

noun
1. the pursuit of pleasure as a matter of ethical principle 
2. an ethical system that evaluates the pursuit of pleasure as the highest good 

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hedonism [(heed-n-iz-uhm)]

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.


[Chapter:] World Literature, Philosophy, and Religion


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