Antonyms for sybaritism

Grammar : Noun

Spell : sib-uh-rahyt

Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɪb əˌraɪt

Definition of sybaritism

Origin : "person devoted to pleasure," 1610s (implied in Sybaritical), literally "inhabitant of Sybaris," ancient Greek town in southern Italy, whose people were noted for their love of luxury. From Latin Sybarita, from Greek Sybarites.

As in debauchery : noun immoral self-indulgence
As in decadence : noun perversion; deterioration of morality

Example sentences :

As a fact, this remark about her sybaritism was only a jest.
Extract from : « Mauprat » by George Sand

It was a complete reaction against the Sybaritism we had enjoyed in the warm and flowery plain of Bathang.
Extract from : « Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China » by Evariste Regis Huc

We have lived for so long a life of sybaritism that we have forgotten the sentiments of our fathers.
Extract from : « Letters to an Unknown » by Prosper Mrime

He was somewhat inclined to sybaritism; not quite emancipated from the tendencies of his bourgeois youth.
Extract from : « Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist » by Alexander Berkman

Then yielding to an involuntary fit of sybaritism, I unhooked the bellows and tried to get the fire to burn.
Extract from : « Monsieur, Madame and Bebe, Complete » by Gustave Droz

Synonyms for sybaritism

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