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hedonisms

hedonisms is the plural of hedonism.

Meaning of hedonism

Noun

hedonism (usually uncountable, plural hedonisms)

  1. (usually) 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
  2. (countable, usually) A general devotion to the pursuit of pleasure.
    Synonyms:
    Cyrenaicism
    Antonyms:
    asceticism

Questions about hedonisms

What is hedonisms the plural of?
Hedonisms is the plural of hedonism.

Words near hedonisms in the dictionary

  1. hedonicity
  2. hedonics
  3. hedonimeter
  4. hedonimeters
  5. hedonism
  6. hedonisms
  7. hedonist
  8. hedonistic
  9. hedonistic calculus
  10. hedonistically
  11. hedonists

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