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Hedon

//ˈhɛdɒn// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A town and civil parish with a town council in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA1828).
Noun
  1. 1
    A unit of pleasure used to theoretically weigh people's happiness.

    "Supposedly, utilitarians are able to add and subtract hedons (units of pleasure) and dolors (units of pain) without any signs of cognitive or affective distress[…]"

Etymology

Back-formation from hedonism, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἡδονή (hēdonḗ, “pleasure”). Doublet of Edoni.

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