hedonism
Syllables: he·don·ismUK/ˈhɛdənɪzəm//ˈhiːdənɪzəm/
hedonism noun: the philosophical belief that prioritizes happiness, particularly sensual pleasure as the highest good in life.
Noun
hedonism (usually uncountable, plural hedonisms)
- The philosophical belief that prioritizes happiness, particularly sensual pleasure as the highest good in life.
- It began with his shrugging off of both family and faith and taking the Amtrak Vermonter out of Penn Station to major in minor hedonism and minor in the major modernists at a hippie college in the great Jewless north.2020 April 24, Jeremy M. Davies, “No Sleep till Auschwitz”, in The Baffler, archived from the original on 26 Sep 2020
- A general devotion to the pursuit of pleasure.
- Synonyms:
- Cyrenaicism
- Antonyms:
- asceticism
hedonism meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam
hedonism in Hindi
- hedonism
- सुखवाद sukhvād
hedonism in Tamil
- இன்ப இயல் கோட்பாடு, பாகநாட்டம்
hedonism in Bengali
- সুখবাদ, ভোগবাদ
hedonism in Malayalam
- pleasure-seeking, self-indulgence, self-gratification
- സുഖാനുഭോഗവാദം, സുഖമാണു ജീവിതലക്ഷ്യം എന്ന വാദം, സുഖലോലുപതാവാദം, സുഖാനുഭോഗസിദ്ധാന്തം, ഖാദതമോദത, സുഖലോലുപതയിൽ ലക്ഷ്യംകാണൽ
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- hedonism in Kannada
- ಭೋಗ ಪುರುಷಾರ್ಥವಾದ, ಸುಖೈಕವಾದ, ಭೋಗೈಕವಾದ
- hedonism in Arabic
- مَذْهَب اَللِّذَّة maḏhab al-liḏḏa
- hedonism in Thai
- สุขนิยม
Synonyms of hedonism
Antonyms
Forms of hedonism
| plural | hedonisms |
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Origin of hedonism
From Ancient Greek ἡδονή (hēdonḗ, “pleasure”) + English -ism. First attested in 1856.
Words formed from hedonism
Questions about hedonism
- What does hedonism mean?
- Hedonism means the philosophical belief that prioritizes happiness, particularly sensual pleasure as the highest good in life.
- What is hedonism in Hindi?
- Hedonism in Hindi is सुखवाद (sukhvād). See Hedonism meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is hedonism?
- Hedonism is a noun.
- How do you pronounce hedonism?
- Hedonism is pronounced /ˈhɛdənɪzəm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of hedonism?
- The plural of hedonism is hedonisms.
Words near hedonism in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: hedonism (page history and authors); सुखवाद (Hindi) (page history and authors); hedonism (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Hedonism (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hedonism (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); hedonism (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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