different between hedonism vs sybarite

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

From Latin Sybar?ta, from Ancient Greek ????????? (Subarít?s, “inhabitant of Subaris”), from ??????? (Súbaris), an ancient Greek city in southeastern Italy noted for the luxurious, pleasure-seeking habits of many of its inhabitants.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?b???a?t/

Noun

sybarite (plural sybarites)

1. A person devoted to pleasure and luxury.

   Synonyms: voluptuary, see also Thesaurus:sensualist

   Antonym: hedonophobe

   • 1969, Victor Ernest Watts (translator), Anicius Manlius Severinus Boëthius (author), The Consolation of Philosophy, Penguin Books, book III, chapter iv, page 87:

Translations

Anagrams

• bestiary

French

Etymology

From Latin Sybarita

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.ba.?it/

Adjective

sybarite (plural sybarites)

1. related to Sybaris
2. soft, effeminate, living in pleasure and luxury

   Ces docteurs frivoles, ces philosophes sybarites qui repoussent toute pensée sérieuse. (Jouy, Hermite, t. 2, 1812)

Synonyms

• (soft, effeminate, living in pleasure): délicat, jouisseur, sensuel, voluptueux

Derived terms

• sybaritisme

Related terms

• sybaritique

Noun

sybarite m (plural sybarites)

1. sybarite, person devoted to pleasure and luxury

   Je compris ce qui chagrinait le marquis dans son bonheur, et je découvris quel était le pli de rose dont soupirait ce sybarite sur sa couche de volupté. (Théophile Gautier, Fracasse, 1863)

Synonyms

• jouisseur

Antonyms

• ascète

References

• “sybarite” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Further reading

• “sybarite” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).