hedonism has definitions from the field of philosophy
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[ noun ] the pursuit of pleasure as a matter of ethical principle

Used in print

(Charles Wharton Stork, "Verner von Heidenstam"...)

And yet amid all the gay hedonism in Pilgrimage and Wander-Years is a cycle of short poems , '' Thoughts_in_Loneliness `` , filled with brooding , melancholy , and sombre longing '' .

Related terms

ethical_motive

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[ noun ] (philosophy) an ethical system that evaluates the pursuit of pleasure as the highest good

Related terms

ethics

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