different between hedonism vs hedonistic

English

Etymology

First attested 1856: from Ancient Greek ????? (h?don?, “pleasure”) +? -ism.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: h?d?n?z?m, IPA^(key): /?h?d?n?z?m/
• (General American) enPR: h?d?n?z?m, IPA^(key): /?hi?d?n?z?m/
• Hyphenation: he?don?ism

Noun

hedonism (usually uncountable, plural hedonisms)

1. (ethics, uncountable) The belief that pleasure or happiness is the highest good in life. Some hedonists, such as the Epicureans, have insisted that pleasure of the entire mind, not just pleasure of the senses, is the highest good.
2. (countable) A general devotion to the pursuit of pleasure.

Antonyms

• asceticism

Related terms

• hedonic
• hedonics
• hedonist
• hedonistic
• hedonistically

Translations

See also

• debauchery

Further reading

• hedonism in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• hedonism at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• demonish, monished

Romanian

Etymology

From French hédonisme

Noun

hedonism n (uncountable)

1. hedonism

Declension

English

Etymology

hedonist +? -ic

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?h?d?n?st?k/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /hid??n?st?k/

Adjective

hedonistic (comparative more hedonistic, superlative most hedonistic)

1. Devoted to pleasure; epicurean.
   • 1999, Jamie Mayerfeld, Suffering and Moral Responsibility, Oxford University Press, USA (?ISBN), page 3:

     Among philosophers, attention to suffering has been a casualty of a long series of attacks on hedonistic utilitarianism—the doctrine that people are morally required to maximize the total surplus of happiness over suffering.

   • 2003, Paul Pearsall, The Beethoven Factor, Hampton Roads Publishing (?ISBN)

     He refers to the danger of leading our lives on a hedonistic treadmill, seeking more accomplishments and trying to get more things and more money, leading eventually to ever increasing expectations.

Related terms

• hedonic
• hedonism
• hedonist
• hedonistically

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

From French hédonistique

Adjective

hedonistic m or n (feminine singular hedonistic?, masculine plural hedonistici, feminine and neuter plural hedonistice)

1. hedonistic

Declension