Meaning of EPICUREANISM
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| | Definition: | | [n] a doctrine of hedonism that was defended by several ancient Greek philosophers |
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| | See Also: | | doctrine, ism, philosophy, school of thought | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ep`i*cu*re"an*ism\, n.
Attachment to the doctrines of Epicurus; the principles or
belief of Epicurus.
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| | Related Terms: | | aesthetics, appetite, appetitiveness, artistic taste, connoisseurship, Cyrenaic hedonism, Cyrenaicism, dilettantism, epicurism, ethical hedonism, eudaemonism, expertise, expertism, friandise, gastronomics, gastronomy, gourmandise, hedonic calculus, hedonics, hedonism, luxuriousness, luxury, pleasure principle, pleasure-loving, pleasure-seeking, psychological hedonism, sensualism, sensuality, sensualness, sybaritism, unchastity, virtu, virtuosity, voluptuousness |
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