Synonyms for sybaritism
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : sib-uh-rahyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɪb əˌraɪt |
Top 10 synonyms for sybaritism Other synonyms for the word sybaritism
- burning candle at both ends
- declension
- decline
- degeneracy
- degeneration
- degradation
- depravity
- devolution
- dissipation
- dissoluteness
- dissolution
- downfall
- downgrade
- drunk
- evil
- excess
- fall
- fast living
- fornication
- gluttony
- incontinence
- indulgence
- intemperance
- intimacy
- la dolce vita
- lasciviousness
- lechery
- lewdness
- license
- licentiousness
- life in fast lane
- lust
- orgy
- overindulgence
- regression
- revel
- sensuality
- sybaritism
- tear
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for sybaritism
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