hedonistic

English

Etymology

From hedonist +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhɛdənɪstɪk/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /hidəˈnɪstɪk/

Adjective

hedonistic (comparative more hedonistic, superlative most hedonistic)

1. Devoted to pleasure

   Synonyms: decadent, sybaritic; see also Thesaurus:hedonistic

   • 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.

Hyponyms

• libertine (hedonistic with regard to sex), gluttonous (hedonistic with regard to food), Epicurean, epicurean, Cyrenaic, Cyrenian, Aristippan, Aristippian (philosophical, chiefly historical)

Derived terms

• antihedonistic
• hedonistic calculus
• nonhedonistic
• unhedonistic

Related terms

• hedonic
• hedonism
• hedonist
• hedonistically

Translations

devoted to pleasure

Asturian: hedonista Catalan: hedonista (ca) Danish: hedonistisk Dutch: hedonistisch (nl) Esperanto: hedonisma Estonian: hedonistlik French: hédoniste (fr) Galician: hedonista German: hedonistisch (de), genusssüchtig (de) Greek: ηδονιστικός (el) (idonistikós) Ancient Greek: φιλήδονος (philḗdonos) Hungarian: hedonista (hu) Italian: edonistico (it) Polish: hedonistyczny (pl) Romanian: hedonistic (ro) Russian: гедонисти́ческий (ru) m (gedonistíčeskij) Spanish: hedonista (es), hedonístico Swedish: hedonistisk (sv) Ukrainian: гедоністи́чний (hedonistýčnyj) Vietnamese: khoái lạc (vi), phóng đãng (vi)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French hédonistique.

Adjective

hedonistic m or n (feminine singular hedonistică, masculine plural hedonistici, feminine/neuter plural hedonistice)

1. hedonistic

   Synonym: hedonist

Declension

Declension of hedonistic

		singular				plural
		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

Related terms

• hedonism
• hedonist

Further reading

• “hedonistic”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025