hedonism
IPA: hˈidʌnɪzʌm
noun
- (ethics, uncountable) The belief that pleasure or happiness is the highest good in life. Some hedonists, such as the Epicureans, have insisted that pleasure of the entire mind, not just pleasure of the senses, is the highest good.
- (countable) A general devotion to the pursuit of pleasure.
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Examples of "hedonism" in Sentences
- I put a link on the page for hedonism.
- Rakdos ideology is the quintessence of pure hedonism.
- Slaanesh is the god of pleasure, desire, hedonism and indulgence.
- A kind of sybarite feel with the hedonism of the 60s mixed into it.
- It was a period of optimism and hedonism, and a cultural revolution.
- Simple hedonism is the view that physical pleasure is the ultimate good.
- Hedonism is a school which argues that pleasure is the only intrinsic good.
- Hedonism, for example, is the view that goodness is ultimately just pleasure.
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