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Hedonism   /hˈidənˌɪzəm/   Listen
Hedonism

noun
1.
The pursuit of pleasure as a matter of ethical principle.
2.
An ethical system that evaluates the pursuit of pleasure as the highest good.





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... supply. Few girls, if any, take to the streets until they have been seduced; and the antecedents of seduction are the morbid exaggeration of the sexual appetite, the lack of self-control, and the selfish hedonism ...
— Youth and Sex • Mary Scharlieb and F. Arthur Sibly


Words linked to "Hedonism" :   hedonic, hedonistic, hedonist, ethical motive, moral philosophy, ethics, morality, morals


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