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noun
Someone devoted to hedonism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: pleasure seeker, voluptuary, bon viveur, epicure, epicurean, hedonist, high-stepper, lapling, lotus-eater, pleasurist, sensualist, softling, sybarite, voluptuarian
Antonyms: hedonophobe
noun
someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: pagan, pleasure seeker
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sensualist
Narrower terms: playboy, man-about-town, Corinthian
History
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-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English hedonist From Ancient Greek ἡδονή (hēdonḗ, “pleasure”) + English -ist.
Across languages
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
