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[heed-n-ist] 
n
–noun
| 1. | a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification. |
–adjective
| 2. | Also, he⋅don⋅is⋅tic. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a hedonist or hedonism. |
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| he·don·ism (hēd'n-ĭz'əm) n.
[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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hedonist
1822, in reference to the Cyrenaic school of philosophy that deals with the ethics of pleasure, from Gk. hedonikos "pleasurable," from hedone "pleasure," related to hedys "sweet" (see sweet). Hedonistic is from 1866; earlier adj. form was hedonic (1656). A hedonist is properly the follower of any ethical system in which the highest good is some sort of pleasure. The Epicurian identifies this with the practice of virtue.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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