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sybaritism

  • a word derived from Sybarite.
    Sybarite
    noun
    a person devoted to luxury and pleasure.
  • a word derived from sybarite.
    Sybarite
    noun
    a person devoted to luxury and pleasure.

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Are we hooked to the crude sybaritism of the annual Super Bowl party?

From Slate ● Feb. 4, 2016

But how, he was asked, did he manage to maintain his weight during seven months of sybaritism?

From New York Times ● Jul. 7, 2015

Local officials, however, were quick to point out that pockets of deserving poverty did exist amid Marin's hot-tubbed sybaritism.

From Time Magazine Archive

By now it has been admitted to the full sybaritism of "summerland."

From Time Magazine Archive

There was nothing pagan in these feelings, as they were not based upon sybaritism or sensual enjoyment.

From Without Dogma by Henryk Sienkiewicz