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English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (h?don?, “pleasure”) +? -ist.

Pronunciation

• (United Kingdom) enPR: h?d?n?st, IPA^(key): /?h?d?n?st/
• (North America) enPR: h?d?n?st, IPA^(key): /?hi?d?n?st/
• Hyphenation: he?don?ist

Noun

hedonist (plural hedonists)

1. Someone devoted to hedonism.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:sensualist

Antonyms

• hedonophobe

Related terms

• hedonic
• hedonism

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed internationalism, probably from French, English or German; ultimately from Ancient Greek ????? (h?don?, “pleasure”) +? -ist. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??e?.do??n?st/
• Hyphenation: he?do?nist
• Rhymes: -?st

Noun

hedonist m (plural hedonisten)

1. hedonist, adept and/or practitioner of hedonism, either the pursuit of pleasure or philosophical hedonism.

Derived terms

• hedonistisch

Related terms

• hedonisme

Romanian

Etymology

From French hédoniste

Noun

hedonist m (plural hedoni?ti)

1. hedonist

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Bosnian, Serbian): hedònista

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (h?don?, “pleasure”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xed?nist/
• Hyphenation: he?do?nist

Noun

hedònist m (Cyrillic spelling ?????????)

1. hedonist

Declension

References

• “hedonist” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French hédoniste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hedonist]
• Hyphenation: he?do?nist

Noun

hedonist (definite accusative hedonisti, plural hedonistler)

1. hedonist

Declension

Synonyms

• hazc?

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