Eudaemonic
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Of or pertaining to a eudaemon.
- 2 Producing satisfied happiness and well-being.
"During the 1960s and 1970s, many communist leaderships sought to legitimate their rule increasingly through the eudaemonic mode; the various economic reforms in the USSR and Eastern Europe at the time constituted the major symbol of this."
- 1 producing happiness and well-being wordnet
Example
More examples"During the 1960s and 1970s, many communist leaderships sought to legitimate their rule increasingly through the eudaemonic mode; the various economic reforms in the USSR and Eastern Europe at the time constituted the major symbol of this."
Etymology
From Ancient Greek εὐδαιμονικός (eudaimonikós), from εὐδαιμονία (eudaimonía, “happiness”), from εὐδαίμων (eudaímōn, “fortunate, happy”).
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