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hedonistic

UK/ˈhɛdənɪstɪk/US/hidəˈnɪstɪk/
adjectiveC1Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #13,931 of 15,258leans written

Hedonistic means devoted to pleasure above everything else. A hedonistic decade.

It is usually a criticism, though the philosophy behind it was a serious argument about what is good. A hedonistic life is not the same as a happy one, which is the objection philosophers make.

Definitions of hedonistic

  1. 1adjectivehedonisticDevoted to pleasure above everything else.C1

    “The whole hedonistic period lasted about eighteen months and cost him everything.”

hedonistic is a quality.

Where it comes from

From hedonist + -ic.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

hedonistic in the wild

  • Athalaric was described to live a hedonistic lifestyle by Procopius of Caesarea.

    Athalaric

  • The algorithm is also known as the utility calculus, the hedonistic calculus and the hedonic calculus.

    Felicific calculus

  • The method is an essential hedonistic aspect of the aesthetic way of life.

    Rotation method

  • The gang return in style burning their way through a holiday in Morocco, but what begins as a hedonistic trip turns into a living hell.

    Everyone (Skins series 6)

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.