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English
Etymology
From hedonist + -ic.
Pronunciation
Adjective
hedonistic (comparative more hedonistic, superlative most hedonistic)
- Devoted to pleasure
- Synonyms: decadent, sybaritic; see also Thesaurus:hedonistic
1999, Jamie Mayerfeld, Suffering and Moral Responsibility, Oxford University Press, USA, →ISBN, page 3: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.
2003, Paul Pearsall, The Beethoven Factor, Hampton Roads Publishing, →ISBN:He refers to the danger of leading our lives on a hedonistic treadmill, seeking more accomplishments and trying to get more things and more money, leading eventually to ever increasing expectations.
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Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French hédonistique.
Adjective
hedonistic m or n (feminine singular hedonistică, masculine plural hedonistici, feminine and neuter plural hedonistice)
- hedonistic
- Synonym: hedonist
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