hedonism

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• Received-Pronunciation: hĕdənĭzəm
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhɛdənɪzəm/
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• General-American: hēdənĭzəm
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• General-American: /ˈhiːdənɪzəm/
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• CMU ARPABET: HH IY1 D AH0 N IH2 Z AH0 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sweh2d-der. Ancient Greek ἡδονή (hēdonḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English hedonism From Ancient Greek ἡδονή (hēdonḗ, “pleasure”) + English -ism. First attested in 1856.

54 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مَذْهَب اَللِّذَّة (maḏhab al-liḏḏa) — philosophical belief that prioritizes pleasure as the highest value
• Asturian: hedonismu — philosophical belief that prioritizes pleasure as the highest value
• Belarusian: гедані́зм (hjedanízm) — philosophical belief that prioritizes pleasure as the highest value
• Catalan: hedonisme — philosophical belief that prioritizes pleasure as the highest value
• Cebuano: hedonismo — philosophical belief that prioritizes pleasure as the highest value
• Chinese Mandarin: 享樂主義 /享乐主义 (xiǎnglè zhǔyì) — philosophical belief that prioritizes pleasure as the highest value
• Czech: hédonismus — philosophical belief that prioritizes pleasure as the highest value
• Czech: hedonismus — philosophical belief that prioritizes pleasure as the highest value
• Danish: hedonisme — philosophical belief that prioritizes pleasure as the highest value
• Dutch: hedonisme — philosophical belief that prioritizes pleasure as the highest value
• Dutch: genotzucht — philosophical belief that prioritizes pleasure as the highest value
• Dutch: epicurisme — philosophical belief that prioritizes pleasure as the highest value
• Esperanto: hedonismo — philosophical belief that prioritizes pleasure as the highest value
• Estonian: hedonism — philosophical belief that prioritizes pleasure as the highest value
• Finnish: hedonismi — philosophical belief that prioritizes pleasure as the highest value
• French: hédonisme — philosophical belief that prioritizes pleasure as the highest value
• Galician: hedonismo — philosophical belief that prioritizes pleasure as the highest value
• Georgian: ჰედონიზმი (hedonizmi) — philosophical belief that prioritizes pleasure as the highest value
• German: Hedonismus — philosophical belief that prioritizes pleasure as the highest value
• Greek: ηδονισμός (idonismós) — philosophical belief that prioritizes pleasure as the highest value
• Ancient Greek: ἡδονισμός (hēdonismós) — philosophical belief that prioritizes pleasure as the highest value
• Hebrew: הֶדוֹנִיזְם (hedonism) — philosophical belief that prioritizes pleasure as the highest value
• Hungarian: hedonizmus — philosophical belief that prioritizes pleasure as the highest value
• Icelandic: hedónismi — philosophical belief that prioritizes pleasure as the highest value
• Irish: héadónachas — philosophical belief that prioritizes pleasure as the highest value
• Italian: edonismo — philosophical belief that prioritizes pleasure as the highest value
• Japanese: 快楽主義 (kairakushugi) — philosophical belief that prioritizes pleasure as the highest value
• Northern Kurdish: zewqyarî — philosophical belief that prioritizes pleasure as the highest value
• Northern Kurdish: hedonîzm — philosophical belief that prioritizes pleasure as the highest value
• Latin: hēdonismus — philosophical belief that prioritizes pleasure as the highest value
• Norwegian Bokmål: hedonisme — philosophical belief that prioritizes pleasure as the highest value
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hedonisme — philosophical belief that prioritizes pleasure as the highest value
• Polish: hedonizm — philosophical belief that prioritizes pleasure as the highest value
• Portuguese: hedonismo — philosophical belief that prioritizes pleasure as the highest value
• Romanian: hedonism — philosophical belief that prioritizes pleasure as the highest value
• Russian: гедони́зм (gedonízm) — philosophical belief that prioritizes pleasure as the highest value
• Serbo-Croatian: хедонизам — philosophical belief that prioritizes pleasure as the highest value
• Serbo-Croatian: hedonizam — philosophical belief that prioritizes pleasure as the highest value
• Spanish: hedonismo — philosophical belief that prioritizes pleasure as the highest value
• Swedish: hedonism — philosophical belief that prioritizes pleasure as the highest value
• Thai: สุขนิยม — philosophical belief that prioritizes pleasure as the highest value
• Turkish: hedonizm — philosophical belief that prioritizes pleasure as the highest value
• Turkish: hazcılık — philosophical belief that prioritizes pleasure as the highest value
• Ukrainian: гедоні́зм (hedonízm) — philosophical belief that prioritizes pleasure as the highest value
• Welsh: hedoniaeth — philosophical belief that prioritizes pleasure as the highest value
• Welsh: pleseryddiaeth — philosophical belief that prioritizes pleasure as the highest value
• Cebuano: hedonismo — devotion to the pursuit of pleasure
• Chinese Mandarin: 享樂主義 /享乐主义 (xiǎnglèzhǔyì) — devotion to the pursuit of pleasure
• Finnish: hedonismi — devotion to the pursuit of pleasure
• German: Genußsucht — devotion to the pursuit of pleasure
• German: Genusssucht — devotion to the pursuit of pleasure
• Hungarian: hedonizmus — devotion to the pursuit of pleasure
• Plautdietsch: Plezhiasocht — devotion to the pursuit of pleasure
• Welsh: hedoniaeth — devotion to the pursuit of pleasure