(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.

plural of hedonism

Of or relating to pleasure / Pursuing pleasure in a devoted manner / Of or relating to the hedonists or to hedonism

(psychology) The ethical study of pleasure

The condition of being hedonic

plural of hedon

In a hedonic manner.

(Greek mythology) The Greek goddess of sensual pleasures. She is the daughter of Eros/Cupid and Psyche, and the grandaughter of Aphrodite/Venus and Ares/Mars. Her Roman counterpart is Voluptas.

(economics) A unit of pleasure used to theoretically weigh people's happiness.

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