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Meaning of HEDONISTIC

Pronunciation:  h`eedun'istik

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  devoted to pleasure; "a hedonic thrill"; "lives of unending hedonistic delight"; "epicurean pleasures"
 
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 Synonyms: epicurean, hedonic, indulgent
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Hed`o*nis"tic\, a.
Same as {Hedonic}, 2.
 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: animist, animistic, appetitive, atomistic, bent on pleasure, cosmotheistic, Cyrenaic, eclectic, Eleatic, empirical, Epicurean, eudaemonic, eudaemonistic, existential, fun-loving, hedonic, hedonist, humanist, humanistic, idealistic, instrumentalist, luxurious, luxury-loving, materialistic, mechanistic, Megarian, metaphysical, monistic, naturalistic, nominalist, panlogistical, pantheistic, pleasure-bent, pleasure-loving, pleasure-seeking, positivist, positivistic, pragmatic, pragmatist, rationalistic, realist, realistic, scholastic, self-indulgent, sensationalistic, sensual, Stoic, sybaritic, syncretistic, theistic, transcendentalist, transcendentalistic, unchaste, utilitarian, vitalistic, voluntarist, voluntaristic, voluptuous
 

 

 

 

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