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eudemonism

eudemonism is the alternative form 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

Forms of eudemonism

pluraleudemonisms

Questions about eudemonism

What is eudemonism the alternative form of?
Eudemonism is the alternative form of eudaemonism.

Words near eudemonism in the dictionary

  1. eudemine
  2. eudemon
  3. eudemonia
  4. eudemonic
  5. eudemonics
  6. eudemonism
  7. eudemonisms
  8. eudemonist
  9. eudemonistic
  10. eudemonists
  11. eudemons

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