Hedonism

/ˈhɛdənɪzəm/

Synonyms for "hedonism" (58 found)

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Closest matches (12)

altruistic ethicsappetiteappetitivenessaretaicsatomismcasuistrycategorical imperativechristian ethicscomparative ethicscyrenaic hedonismcyrenaicism
Noun(1 words)

Strong matches (17)

deontologydissipationegoistic ethicsempiricismepicureanismepicurismethical formalismethical hedonismethical philosophyethologyethonomicseudaemonicseudaemonismevolutionismgolden rulehedonic calculus
Noun(1 words)

Related words (29)

Noun(9 words)
hedonic motivehedonistic theoryindulgencespleasure drivepleasure motivepleasure seekingself-indulgencesensual gratificationsensualism

Related word relations

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More general

10 entries
behavioral patternethical motiveethicsmoral attitudemoral philosophymoralitymoralsmotivational principlephilosophical conceptpsychological concept

More specific

7 entries
aesthetic hedonismethical hedonismexcessive indulgenceluxury seekingmoral hedonismpsychological hedonismsensual excess

Collocations

6 entries
ethical hedonismhedonistic lifestylepleasure seekingpsychological hedonismself indulgencesensual gratification

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

6 entries

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Hedonism is a lot of fun.

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The paradox of hedonism is that the pursuit of pleasure may not lead to the most pleasurable outcomes.

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There's more to life than hedonism.

Source: tatoeba (13466258)

It began with his shrugging off of both family and faith and taking the Amtrak Vermonter out of Penn Station to major in minor hedonism and minor in the major modernists at a hippie college in the great Jewless north.

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