Associations to the word «Hedonism»
Noun
- Materialism
- Pleasure
- Indulgence
- Benevolence
- Paradox
- Fallacy
- Romanticism
- Ethic
- Ethics
- Hussar
- Greed
- Kant
- Socrates
- Happiness
- Conformity
- Jeremy
- Stimulation
- Mysticism
- Aristotle
- Spirituality
- Resort
- Extreme
- Ism
- Utility
- Philosophy
- Plato
- Morality
- Piper
- Stuart
- Self
- Welfare
- Pursuit
- Motive
- Vacation
- Devotion
- Motivation
- Judaism
- Pm
- Critique
- Philosopher
- Mill
- Moral
- Doctrine
- Pain
- Objection
- Principle
- Denis
- Greatest
- Virtue
- Lyric
- Satisfaction
- Value
- Theory
- Genre
- Behavior
- Culture
- Christianity
- Desire
- Poetry
- View
- Dealing
- Drug
- Distinction
- Seek
- Good
- Achievement
- Poet
- Criticism
- Islam
- Consumer
- Theme
Adjective
Wiktionary
HEDONISM, noun. (ethics) 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.
HEDONISM, noun. A general devotion to the pursuit of pleasure.
Dictionary definition
HEDONISM, noun. The pursuit of pleasure as a matter of ethical principle.
HEDONISM, noun. An ethical system that evaluates the pursuit of pleasure as the highest good.
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.