the ethical doctrine that personal happiness is the chief good and the proper aim of action, esp. such happiness conceived of in terms of well-being based on virtuous and rational self-realization
: also euˈdemonˌism
Derived forms
eudaemonist (euˈdaemonist)
noun, adjective
eudaemonistic (euˌdaemonˈistic)
adjective
Word origin
Gr eudaimonismos, a calling happy < eudaimonizein, to call happy < eudaimōn: see eudaemonia