Epicurism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of Epicureanism. countable, uncountable

    "Deep-hidden under wretchedest god-forgetting Cants, Epicurisms, Dead-Sea Apisms; forgotten as under foulest fat Lethe mud and weeds, there is yet, in all hearts born into this God’s-World, a spark of the Godlike slumbering."

  2. 2
    the disposition and habits of an epicure wordnet

Synonyms

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aestheticsappetiteepicureanismexpertisegourmandismhedonism

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"Deep-hidden under wretchedest god-forgetting Cants, Epicurisms, Dead-Sea Apisms; forgotten as under foulest fat Lethe mud and weeds, there is yet, in all hearts born into this God’s-World, a spark of the Godlike slumbering."

Etymology

From Latin Epicurismus, from Epicurus + -ismus (“-ism”). Equivalent to epicure + -ism.

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