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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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Hedonistic
is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
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- Parties can be private or public, sedate or wild, scientific or hedonistic.
- He's a bit lost and hedonistic, but eventually learns to accept responsibility.
- The city's hedonistic image is a bit of a myth.
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| hedonism (ˈhiːdəˌnɪzəm, ˈhɛd-) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | ethics |
| a. See utilitarianism the doctrine that moral value can be defined in terms of pleasure | |
| b. the doctrine that the pursuit of pleasure is the highest good | |
| 2. | the pursuit of pleasure as a matter of principle |
| 3. | indulgence in sensual pleasures |
| [C19: from Greek hēdonē pleasure] | |
| he'donic | |
| —adj | |
| hedon'istic | |
| —adj | |
| 'hedonist | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
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). A hedonist is properly the follower of any ethical system in which the highest good
EXPANDis some sort of pleasure. The Epicurian identifies this with the practice of virtue.
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