hedonistic

English

Etymology

From hedonist +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhɛdənɪstɪk/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /hidəˈnɪstɪk/

Adjective

hedonistic (comparative more hedonistic, superlative most hedonistic)

1. Devoted to pleasure

   Synonyms: decadent, sybaritic; see also Thesaurus:hedonistic

   • 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.

Hyponyms

• libertine (hedonistic with regard to sex), gluttonous (hedonistic with regard to food), Epicurean, epicurean, Cyrenaic, Cyrenian, Aristippan, Aristippian (philosophical, chiefly historical)

Derived terms

• hedonistic calculus

Related terms

• hedonic
• hedonism
• hedonist
• hedonistically

 

Translations

devoted to pleasure

• Asturian: hedonista
• Catalan: hedonista (ca)
• Danish: hedonistisk
• Dutch: hedonistisch (nl)
• Esperanto: hedonisma
• Estonian: hedonistlik
• French: hédoniste (fr)
• Galician: hedonista
• German: hedonistisch (de), genusssüchtig (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: φιλήδονος (philḗdonos)

• Hungarian: hedonista (hu)
• Italian: edonistico (it)
• Polish: hedonistyczny (pl)
• Russian: гедонисти́ческий (ru) m (gedonistíčeskij)
• Spanish: hedonista (es)
• Swedish: hedonistisk (sv)
• Ukrainian: гедоністи́чний (hedonistýčnyj)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French hédonistique.

Adjective

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

1. hedonistic

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	hedonistic		hedonistică		hedonistici	hedonistice
	definite	hedonisticul		hedonistica		hedonisticii	hedonisticele
genitive- dative	indefinite	hedonistic		hedonistice		hedonistici	hedonistice
	definite	hedonisticului		hedonisticei		hedonisticilor	hedonisticelor