different between eudaemonic vs eudaemonism

English

Alternative forms

• eudemonic
• eudæmonic

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????????? (eudaimonikós), from ?????????? (eudaimonía, “happiness”), from ???????? (eudaím?n, “fortunate, happy”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?ju?d??m?n?k/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ju???m?n?k/

Adjective

eudaemonic

1. Of or pertaining to a eudaemon.
2. That produces satisfied happiness and well-being.
   • 1993, edited by Janina Frentzel-Zagórska, From a One-Party State to Democracy: Transition in Eastern Europe, ?ISBN, page 23:

     During the 1960s and 1970s, many communist leaderships sought to legitimate their rule increasingly through the eudaemonic mode; the various economic reforms in the USSR and Eastern Europe at the time constituted the major symbol of this.

   • 2017 January 28, Teal Burrow, Why am I here?, New Scientist, Issue 3110, page 32,

     In 2013, Cole examined the influence of well-being instead. He focused on two types: hedonic, from pleasure and rewards, and eudaemonic, from having a purpose beyond self-gratification.

English

Alternative forms

• eudemonism, eudaimonism, eudomonism

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (eudaím?n, “having a good genius, happy, fortunate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ju??di?m?n?z?m/

Noun

eudaemonism (countable and uncountable, plural eudaemonisms)

1. A philosophical notion, or system of ethics, which measures happiness in relation to morality. (Not to be confused with utilitarianism, which similarly emphasizes happiness but conceives of it differently.)

Related terms

References

• eudaemonism in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• eudaemonism at OneLook Dictionary Search
• Eudaemonism in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)