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eudaemonisms

eudaemonisms is the plural of eudaemonism.

Meaning of eudaemonism

Noun

eudaemonism (countable and uncountable, plural eudaemonisms)

  1. A philosophical notion, or system of ethics, which measures happiness in relation to morality.
    • Whether it be hedonism, pessimism, utilitarianism, or eudaemonism, all those modes of thinking which measure the worth of things according to pleasure and pain, that is, according to accompanying circumstances and secondary considerations, are plausible modes of thought and naivetes, which every...1913 [1886], chapter VII, in Helen Zimmern, transl., Beyond Good and Evil, translation of Jenseits von Gut und Böse […] by Friedrich Nietzsche

Questions about eudaemonisms

What is eudaemonisms the plural of?
Eudaemonisms is the plural of eudaemonism.

Words near eudaemonisms in the dictionary

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

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