hedonistic
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Adjective
hedonistic (comparative more hedonistic, superlative most hedonistic)
- Devoted to pleasure; epicurean.
- 1999, Jamie Mayerfeld, Suffering and Moral Responsibility, Oxford University Press, USA (→ISBN), page 3:
- Among philosophers, attention to suffering has been a casualty of a long series of attacks on hedonistic utilitarianism—the doctrine that people are morally required to maximize the total surplus of happiness over suffering.
- 2003, Paul Pearsall, The Beethoven Factor, Hampton Roads Publishing (→ISBN)
- He refers to the danger of leading our lives on a hedonistic treadmill, seeking more accomplishments and trying to get more things and more money, leading eventually to ever increasing expectations.
- 1999, Jamie Mayerfeld, Suffering and Moral Responsibility, Oxford University Press, USA (→ISBN), page 3:
Related terms
Translations
devoted to pleasure
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Romanian
Etymology
From French hédonistique.
Adjective
hedonistic m or n (feminine singular hedonistică, masculine plural hedonistici, feminine and neuter plural hedonistice)
Declension
Declension of hedonistic
| singular | plural | ||||||
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| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | hedonistic | hedonistică | hedonistici | hedonistice | ||
| definite | hedonisticul | hedonistica | hedonisticii | hedonisticele | |||
| genitive/ dative |
indefinite | hedonistic | hedonistice | hedonistici | hedonistice | ||
| definite | hedonisticului | hedonisticei | hedonisticilor | hedonisticelor | |||