hedonistic
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhɛdənɪstɪk/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /hidəˈnɪstɪk/
Adjective edit
hedonistic (comparative more hedonistic, superlative most hedonistic)
- Devoted to pleasure
- 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.
Hyponyms edit
- libertine (hedonistic with regard to sex), gluttonous (hedonistic with regard to food), Epicurean, epicurean, Cyrenaic, Cyrenian, Aristippan, Aristippian (philosophical, chiefly historical)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Translations edit
devoted to pleasure
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Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French hédonistique.
Adjective edit
hedonistic m or n (feminine singular hedonistică, masculine plural hedonistici, feminine and neuter plural hedonistice)
Declension edit
Declension of hedonistic
| singular | plural | ||||||
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| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | hedonistic | hedonistică | hedonistici | hedonistice | ||
| definite | hedonisticul | hedonistica | hedonisticii | hedonisticele | |||
| genitive/ dative |
indefinite | hedonistic | hedonistice | hedonistici | hedonistice | ||
| definite | hedonisticului | hedonisticei | hedonisticilor | hedonisticelor | |||