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eudaemonics

eudaemonics noun: that part of ethics that deals with happiness; the science of happiness, contrasted with aretaics.

Noun

eudaemonics (uncountable)

  1. That part of ethics that deals with happiness; the science of happiness, contrasted with aretaics.
    • the unideal form of eudæmonics of which I have spoken is hedonics , or a science of indolentia1876, John Grote, Treatise on Moral Ideals

Forms of eudaemonics

alternative formeudemonics

Origin of eudaemonics

Ancient Greek εὐδαιμονικός (eudaimonikós, “conducive to happiness”).

Questions about eudaemonics

What does eudaemonics mean?
Eudaemonics means that part of ethics that deals with happiness; the science of happiness, contrasted with aretaics.
What part of speech is eudaemonics?
Eudaemonics is a noun.

Words near eudaemonics in the dictionary

  1. eudaemon
  2. eudaemonia
  3. eudaemonic
  4. eudaemonical
  5. eudaemonically
  6. eudaemonics
  7. eudaemonism
  8. eudaemonisms
  9. eudaemonist
  10. eudaemonistic
  11. eudaemonistically

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