Hedonistic

//hidəˈnɪstɪk// adj

adj ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Devoted to pleasure

    "Among philosophers, attention to suffering has been a casualty of a long series of attacks on hedonistic utilitarianism—the doctrine that people are morally required to maximize the total surplus of happiness over suffering."

Adjective
  1. 1
    devoted to pleasure wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
decadentsybariticanimistanimisticapicianappetitive

Example

More examples

"Oh, buddy, what I need is a strong stimulus, in the most hedonistic meaning of the word."

Etymology

From hedonist + -ic.

Related phrases

hedonistic calculus

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