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Synonyms for hedonism

Grammar : Noun
Spell : heed-n-iz-uhm
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhid nˌɪz əm


Définition of hedonism

Origin :
  • 1856, from Greek hedone (see hedonist) + -ism.
  • noun sensualism
Example sentences :
  • And no hedonism, no theory of rights, could supply an operating rule for conduct.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Mazzini » by Bolton King
  • Veblen has made it perfectly clear that particular matters of theory are affected by the presupposition of hedonism.
  • Extract from : « Creative Intelligence » by John Dewey, Addison W. Moore, Harold Chapman Brown, George H. Mead, Boyd H. Bode, Henry Waldgrave, Stuart James, Hayden Tufts, Horace M. Kallen
  • His own view is that the Austrians are not essentially bound up with hedonism.
  • Extract from : « Social Value » by B. M. Anderson
  • The sonnets on the Days breathe the same quaint medieval hedonism.
  • Extract from : « Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature » by John Addington Symonds
  • Honora's amazement at her cousin's hedonism gave way to contempt for it.
  • Extract from : « The Precipice » by Elia Wilkinson Peattie
  • It is of the utmost importance that this development of Cyrenaic hedonism should be fully realized.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 » by Various
  • Developing from this is a new point of practical importance to the hedonism of the Cyrenaics.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 » by Various
  • The theory of value which hedonism gives is, therefore, a theory of cost in terms of discomfort.
  • Extract from : « The Place of Science in Modern Civilisation and Other Essays » by Thorstein Veblen
  • Hedonism, however, does not postulate uniformity between men except in the respect of sensuous cause and effect.
  • Extract from : « The Place of Science in Modern Civilisation and Other Essays » by Thorstein Veblen
  • The later psychology is biological, as contrasted with the metaphysical psychology of hedonism.
  • Extract from : « The Place of Science in Modern Civilisation and Other Essays » by Thorstein Veblen

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