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hedonic treadmills

hedonic treadmills is the plural of hedonic treadmill.

Meaning of hedonic treadmill

Noun

hedonic treadmill (plural hedonic treadmills)

  1. The tendency of humans to quickly return to a relatively stable level of happiness (or sadness) despite major positive or negative events or life changes.

Questions about hedonic treadmills

What is hedonic treadmills the plural of?
Hedonic treadmills is the plural of hedonic treadmill.

Words near hedonic treadmills in the dictionary

  1. hedonic adaptation
  2. hedonic adaptations
  3. hedonic calculus
  4. hedonic damages
  5. hedonic treadmill
  6. hedonic treadmills
  7. hedonical
  8. hedonically
  9. hedonicity
  10. hedonics
  11. hedonimeter

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