Definition of hedonism in English:

hedonism

noun ˈhiːd(ə)nɪz(ə)mˈhɛːd(ə)nɪz(ə)m

mass noun

1The pursuit of pleasure; sensual self-indulgence.
Example sentencesExamples
- It's a glimpse into the golden age of kings, a lost world of luxury, political scheming, extravagance and hedonism.
- In the Town Square, shops have been replaced by cafes and restaurants and the last vestiges of mall functionality have been eradicated completely in favor of lifestyle hedonism.
- The whole point of a sports car is hedonism, the selfish pursuit of pleasure.
- Surely their fate carries with it lurid tales of hedonism and excessive violence?
- And predictably, there have been warnings that the new hedonism itself might be a touch too hedonistic, posing a potential risk to people's health and wellbeing.
- To give in to the idea of being drunk as defining your excitement as a human being would be to cut against the grain of what I believed about social hedonism in the first place - that it was not about running away, but engaging.
- We have entered an age of trashy, casual hedonism in which mild decadence is all the rage.
- To me, hedonism and decadence are completely opposed.
- Let's remember her romance, her image, her hedonism, her families.
- Eventually we all fell asleep on the couch but I, fearing some moment of excessive hedonism, swiftly made an exit.
- It's not so much that I've quietened down, as that I've channelled my energies into things that are more productive than out-and-out hedonism.
- Traditional songs about love of God, nation, and family are now being pushed to the wayside in the world of country, as new tunes championing hedonism take center stage.
- Their faith, that ‘life is hard and success doesn't come easy ’, is undermined by Joe's evangelism of an earthly paradise of wealth and hedonism.
- The club sold its soul to the devil of capitalism, and whilst the short term gains were success, admiration, a growing international fan base and kudos, that avenue of hedonism has finally delivered the bill.
- To her it was a ‘wonderful’ time that allowed the full talents of creative young people to flower, and claims of hedonism are a gross exaggeration.
- There is a critique of hedonism, or the pursuit of pleasure.
- How to deal with grave damage while still keeping going economies whose buoyancy is so related to confidence, morale and a degree of hedonism is an even more difficult question.
- He represents bored self-indulgence and hedonism.
- Other people might get that hedonism via a drunken night out (indeed, I've been known to do this on one or two occasions), watching a movie, sport, whatever.
- It is a novel about tension between duty and responsibility on the one hand and hedonism and indulgence on the other.
Synonyms
self-indulgence, indulgence, pursuit of pleasure, pleasure-seeking, lotus-eating, epicureanism, epicurism, self-gratification
lack of self-restraint, intemperance, intemperateness, immoderation, overindulgence, overconsumption, excess, extravagance
luxury, the high life, high living
sensualism, voluptuousness
Italian la dolce vita
rare sybaritism
1. 1.1Philosophy The ethical theory that pleasure (in the sense of the satisfaction of desires) is the highest good and proper aim of human life.
  Example sentencesExamples
  So utilitarianism, despite its traditional ties to welfare hedonism, is compatible with any of the four accounts of utility.
  Although hedonism fails as a theory that gives us a fixed end, it does contain a methodological insight.
  In fact hedonism, the view that pleasure is our ethical end, is always on the defensive in ancient ethics.
  In the twentieth century, most of those sympathetic to utilitarianism replaced hedonism with the desire-fulfilment theory.
  They viewed the world as a great machine, adopted hedonism as their ethics, and interpreted history from a subjective-critical point of view.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Greek hēdonē 'pleasure' + -ism.

Definition of hedonism in US English:

hedonism

noun

1The pursuit of pleasure; sensual self-indulgence.
Example sentencesExamples
- There is a critique of hedonism, or the pursuit of pleasure.
- To her it was a ‘wonderful’ time that allowed the full talents of creative young people to flower, and claims of hedonism are a gross exaggeration.
- Traditional songs about love of God, nation, and family are now being pushed to the wayside in the world of country, as new tunes championing hedonism take center stage.
- To me, hedonism and decadence are completely opposed.
- The whole point of a sports car is hedonism, the selfish pursuit of pleasure.
- We have entered an age of trashy, casual hedonism in which mild decadence is all the rage.
- He represents bored self-indulgence and hedonism.
- To give in to the idea of being drunk as defining your excitement as a human being would be to cut against the grain of what I believed about social hedonism in the first place - that it was not about running away, but engaging.
- Their faith, that ‘life is hard and success doesn't come easy ’, is undermined by Joe's evangelism of an earthly paradise of wealth and hedonism.
- It's a glimpse into the golden age of kings, a lost world of luxury, political scheming, extravagance and hedonism.
- Let's remember her romance, her image, her hedonism, her families.
- It is a novel about tension between duty and responsibility on the one hand and hedonism and indulgence on the other.
- How to deal with grave damage while still keeping going economies whose buoyancy is so related to confidence, morale and a degree of hedonism is an even more difficult question.
- Eventually we all fell asleep on the couch but I, fearing some moment of excessive hedonism, swiftly made an exit.
- Surely their fate carries with it lurid tales of hedonism and excessive violence?
- In the Town Square, shops have been replaced by cafes and restaurants and the last vestiges of mall functionality have been eradicated completely in favor of lifestyle hedonism.
- It's not so much that I've quietened down, as that I've channelled my energies into things that are more productive than out-and-out hedonism.
- And predictably, there have been warnings that the new hedonism itself might be a touch too hedonistic, posing a potential risk to people's health and wellbeing.
- Other people might get that hedonism via a drunken night out (indeed, I've been known to do this on one or two occasions), watching a movie, sport, whatever.
- The club sold its soul to the devil of capitalism, and whilst the short term gains were success, admiration, a growing international fan base and kudos, that avenue of hedonism has finally delivered the bill.
Synonyms
self-indulgence, indulgence, pursuit of pleasure, pleasure-seeking, lotus-eating, epicureanism, epicurism, self-gratification
1. 1.1Philosophy The ethical theory that pleasure (in the sense of the satisfaction of desires) is the highest good and proper aim of human life.
  Example sentencesExamples
  They viewed the world as a great machine, adopted hedonism as their ethics, and interpreted history from a subjective-critical point of view.
  So utilitarianism, despite its traditional ties to welfare hedonism, is compatible with any of the four accounts of utility.
  In fact hedonism, the view that pleasure is our ethical end, is always on the defensive in ancient ethics.
  In the twentieth century, most of those sympathetic to utilitarianism replaced hedonism with the desire-fulfilment theory.
  Although hedonism fails as a theory that gives us a fixed end, it does contain a methodological insight.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Greek hēdonē ‘pleasure’ + -ism.

单词	hedonism
释义	Definition of hedonism in English: hedonism noun ˈhiːd(ə)nɪz(ə)mˈhɛːd(ə)nɪz(ə)m mass noun 1The pursuit of pleasure; sensual self-indulgence. Example sentencesExamples It's a glimpse into the golden age of kings, a lost world of luxury, political scheming, extravagance and hedonism. In the Town Square, shops have been replaced by cafes and restaurants and the last vestiges of mall functionality have been eradicated completely in favor of lifestyle hedonism. The whole point of a sports car is hedonism, the selfish pursuit of pleasure. Surely their fate carries with it lurid tales of hedonism and excessive violence? And predictably, there have been warnings that the new hedonism itself might be a touch too hedonistic, posing a potential risk to people's health and wellbeing. To give in to the idea of being drunk as defining your excitement as a human being would be to cut against the grain of what I believed about social hedonism in the first place - that it was not about running away, but engaging. We have entered an age of trashy, casual hedonism in which mild decadence is all the rage. To me, hedonism and decadence are completely opposed. Let's remember her romance, her image, her hedonism, her families. Eventually we all fell asleep on the couch but I, fearing some moment of excessive hedonism, swiftly made an exit. It's not so much that I've quietened down, as that I've channelled my energies into things that are more productive than out-and-out hedonism. Traditional songs about love of God, nation, and family are now being pushed to the wayside in the world of country, as new tunes championing hedonism take center stage. Their faith, that ‘life is hard and success doesn't come easy ’, is undermined by Joe's evangelism of an earthly paradise of wealth and hedonism. The club sold its soul to the devil of capitalism, and whilst the short term gains were success, admiration, a growing international fan base and kudos, that avenue of hedonism has finally delivered the bill. To her it was a ‘wonderful’ time that allowed the full talents of creative young people to flower, and claims of hedonism are a gross exaggeration. There is a critique of hedonism, or the pursuit of pleasure. How to deal with grave damage while still keeping going economies whose buoyancy is so related to confidence, morale and a degree of hedonism is an even more difficult question. He represents bored self-indulgence and hedonism. Other people might get that hedonism via a drunken night out (indeed, I've been known to do this on one or two occasions), watching a movie, sport, whatever. It is a novel about tension between duty and responsibility on the one hand and hedonism and indulgence on the other. Synonyms self-indulgence, indulgence, pursuit of pleasure, pleasure-seeking, lotus-eating, epicureanism, epicurism, self-gratification lack of self-restraint, intemperance, intemperateness, immoderation, overindulgence, overconsumption, excess, extravagance luxury, the high life, high living sensualism, voluptuousness Italian la dolce vita rare sybaritism 1.1Philosophy The ethical theory that pleasure (in the sense of the satisfaction of desires) is the highest good and proper aim of human life. Example sentencesExamples So utilitarianism, despite its traditional ties to welfare hedonism, is compatible with any of the four accounts of utility. Although hedonism fails as a theory that gives us a fixed end, it does contain a methodological insight. In fact hedonism, the view that pleasure is our ethical end, is always on the defensive in ancient ethics. In the twentieth century, most of those sympathetic to utilitarianism replaced hedonism with the desire-fulfilment theory. They viewed the world as a great machine, adopted hedonism as their ethics, and interpreted history from a subjective-critical point of view. Origin Mid 19th century: from Greek hēdonē 'pleasure' + -ism. Definition of hedonism in US English: hedonism noun 1The pursuit of pleasure; sensual self-indulgence. Example sentencesExamples There is a critique of hedonism, or the pursuit of pleasure. To her it was a ‘wonderful’ time that allowed the full talents of creative young people to flower, and claims of hedonism are a gross exaggeration. Traditional songs about love of God, nation, and family are now being pushed to the wayside in the world of country, as new tunes championing hedonism take center stage. To me, hedonism and decadence are completely opposed. The whole point of a sports car is hedonism, the selfish pursuit of pleasure. We have entered an age of trashy, casual hedonism in which mild decadence is all the rage. He represents bored self-indulgence and hedonism. To give in to the idea of being drunk as defining your excitement as a human being would be to cut against the grain of what I believed about social hedonism in the first place - that it was not about running away, but engaging. Their faith, that ‘life is hard and success doesn't come easy ’, is undermined by Joe's evangelism of an earthly paradise of wealth and hedonism. It's a glimpse into the golden age of kings, a lost world of luxury, political scheming, extravagance and hedonism. Let's remember her romance, her image, her hedonism, her families. It is a novel about tension between duty and responsibility on the one hand and hedonism and indulgence on the other. How to deal with grave damage while still keeping going economies whose buoyancy is so related to confidence, morale and a degree of hedonism is an even more difficult question. Eventually we all fell asleep on the couch but I, fearing some moment of excessive hedonism, swiftly made an exit. Surely their fate carries with it lurid tales of hedonism and excessive violence? In the Town Square, shops have been replaced by cafes and restaurants and the last vestiges of mall functionality have been eradicated completely in favor of lifestyle hedonism. It's not so much that I've quietened down, as that I've channelled my energies into things that are more productive than out-and-out hedonism. And predictably, there have been warnings that the new hedonism itself might be a touch too hedonistic, posing a potential risk to people's health and wellbeing. Other people might get that hedonism via a drunken night out (indeed, I've been known to do this on one or two occasions), watching a movie, sport, whatever. The club sold its soul to the devil of capitalism, and whilst the short term gains were success, admiration, a growing international fan base and kudos, that avenue of hedonism has finally delivered the bill. Synonyms self-indulgence, indulgence, pursuit of pleasure, pleasure-seeking, lotus-eating, epicureanism, epicurism, self-gratification 1.1Philosophy The ethical theory that pleasure (in the sense of the satisfaction of desires) is the highest good and proper aim of human life. Example sentencesExamples They viewed the world as a great machine, adopted hedonism as their ethics, and interpreted history from a subjective-critical point of view. So utilitarianism, despite its traditional ties to welfare hedonism, is compatible with any of the four accounts of utility. In fact hedonism, the view that pleasure is our ethical end, is always on the defensive in ancient ethics. In the twentieth century, most of those sympathetic to utilitarianism replaced hedonism with the desire-fulfilment theory. Although hedonism fails as a theory that gives us a fixed end, it does contain a methodological insight. Origin Mid 19th century: from Greek hēdonē ‘pleasure’ + -ism.
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