hedonist

See also: Hedonist

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂d-der.

Ancient Greek ἡδονή (hēdonḗ)

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.

Latin -istader.

Old French -istebor.

Middle English -ist

English -ist

English hedonist

From Ancient Greek ἡδονή (hēdonḗ, “pleasure”) + English -ist.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: hĕdənĭst, IPA^(key): /ˈhɛdənɪst/
• (General American) enPR: hēdənĭst, IPA^(key): /ˈhiːdənɪst/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: he‧don‧ist

Noun

hedonist (plural hedonists)

1. Someone devoted to hedonism.

   Synonyms: pleasure seeker, voluptuary; see also Thesaurus:sensualist

   Antonym: hedonophobe

Derived terms

• antihedonist
• hedonistic

Related terms

• hedonic
• hedonism

Translations

someone devoted to hedonism

• Catalan: hedonista (ca) m or f
• Czech: hédonista (cs) m, požitkář (cs) m
• Dutch: hedonist (nl) m, levensgenieter (nl) m, epicurist (nl) m
• Finnish: hedonisti (fi)
• French: hédoniste (fr) m or f
• Galician: hedonista m or f
• German: Hedonist (de) m, Schwelger m, Schlemmer (de) m
• Greek: ηδονιστής (el) (idonistís)
• Hebrew: הֶדוֹנִיסְט (he) m (hedonist)
• Hungarian: hedonista (hu), élvhajhász (hu)
• Italian: edonista (it) m or f
• Portuguese: hedonista (pt) m or f
• Russian: гедонист (ru) m (gedonist)
• Spanish: hedonista (es) m or f
• Swedish: hedonist (sv) c
• Tibetan: ཕྱལ་པ (phyal pa)
• Turkish: hedonist (tr), hazcı (tr)
• Vietnamese: công tử bột (vi)

Danish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἡδονή (hēdonḗ, “pleasure”) +‎ -ist.

Noun

hedonist c (singular definite hedonisten, plural indefinite hedonister)

1. hedonist

Declension

Declension of hedonist

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hedonist	hedonisten	hedonister	hedonisterne
genitive	hedonists	hedonistens	hedonisters	hedonisternes

Related terms

• hedonisme
• hedonistisk

References

• “hedonist” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed internationalism, probably from French, English or German; ultimately from Ancient Greek ἡδονή (hēdonḗ, “pleasure”) +‎ -ist. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɦeː.doːˈnɪst/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: he‧do‧nist
• Rhymes: -ɪst

Noun

hedonist m (plural hedonisten, no diminutive)

1. hedonist, adept and/or practitioner of hedonism, either the pursuit of pleasure or philosophical hedonism

   Synonym: wellusteling

Derived terms

• hedonistisch

Related terms

• hedonisme

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French hédoniste.

Noun

hedonist m (plural hedoniști, feminine equivalent hedonistă)

1. hedonist

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	hedonist	hedonistul	hedoniști	hedoniștii
genitive-dative	hedonist	hedonistului	hedoniști	hedoniștilor
vocative	hedonistule		hedoniștilor

Related terms

• hedonism

Further reading

• “hedonist”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• hedònista (Bosnia, Serbia)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἡδονή (hēdonḗ, “pleasure”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xedǒnist/
• Hyphenation: he‧do‧nist

Noun

hedònist m anim (Cyrillic spelling хедо̀нист)

1. (Croatia) hedonist

Declension

Declension of hedonist

	singular	plural
nominative	hedonist	hedonisti
genitive	hedonista	hedonista
dative	hedonistu	hedonistima
accusative	hedonista	hedoniste
vocative	hedoniste	hedonisti
locative	hedonistu	hedonistima
instrumental	hedonistom	hedonistima

References

• “hedonist”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Swedish

Noun

hedonist c

1. a hedonist

Declension

Declension of hedonist

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	hedonist	hedonists
	definite	hedonisten	hedonistens
plural	indefinite	hedonister	hedonisters
	definite	hedonisterna	hedonisternas

Related terms

• hedonism (“hedonism”)
• hedonistisk (“hedonistic”)

References

• “hedonist”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “hedonist”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French hédoniste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hedonist]
• Hyphenation: he‧do‧nist

Noun

hedonist (definite accusative hedonisti, plural hedonistler)

1. hedonist

Declension

Declension of hedonist

singular plural nominative hedonist hedonistler definite accusative hedonisti hedonistleri dative hedoniste hedonistlere locative hedonistte hedonistlerde ablative hedonistten hedonistlerden genitive hedonistin hedonistlerin Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular hedonistim hedonistlerim 2nd singular hedonistin hedonistlerin 3rd singular hedonisti hedonistleri 1st plural hedonistimiz hedonistlerimiz 2nd plural hedonistiniz hedonistleriniz 3rd plural hedonistleri hedonistleri definite accusative singular plural 1st singular hedonistimi hedonistlerimi 2nd singular hedonistini hedonistlerini 3rd singular hedonistini hedonistlerini 1st plural hedonistimizi hedonistlerimizi 2nd plural hedonistinizi hedonistlerinizi 3rd plural hedonistlerini hedonistlerini dative singular plural 1st singular hedonistime hedonistlerime 2nd singular hedonistine hedonistlerine 3rd singular hedonistine hedonistlerine 1st plural hedonistimize hedonistlerimize 2nd plural hedonistinize hedonistlerinize 3rd plural hedonistlerine hedonistlerine locative singular plural 1st singular hedonistimde hedonistlerimde 2nd singular hedonistinde hedonistlerinde 3rd singular hedonistinde hedonistlerinde 1st plural hedonistimizde hedonistlerimizde 2nd plural hedonistinizde hedonistlerinizde 3rd plural hedonistlerinde hedonistlerinde ablative singular plural 1st singular hedonistimden hedonistlerimden 2nd singular hedonistinden hedonistlerinden 3rd singular hedonistinden hedonistlerinden 1st plural hedonistimizden hedonistlerimizden 2nd plural hedonistinizden hedonistlerinizden 3rd plural hedonistlerinden hedonistlerinden genitive singular plural 1st singular hedonistimin hedonistlerimin 2nd singular hedonistinin hedonistlerinin 3rd singular hedonistinin hedonistlerinin 1st plural hedonistimizin hedonistlerimizin 2nd plural hedonistinizin hedonistlerinizin 3rd plural hedonistlerinin hedonistlerinin

Synonyms

• hazcı