eudemonia

American  

[yoo-di-moh-nee-uh] / ˌyu dɪˈmoʊ ni ə /

Or eudaemonia

noun

1. happiness; well-being.

2. Aristotelianism. happiness as the result of an active life governed by reason.

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eudemonia British  

/ ˌjuːdɪˈməʊnɪə /

noun

1. happiness, esp (in the philosophy of Aristotle) that resulting from a rational active life

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Etymology

Origin of eudemonia

< Greek eudaimonía. See eudemon, -ia

Example Sentences

The first is eudemonia, a Greek term the Values Bridge uses to encompass self-care, leisure and pleasure—essentially, things that feel good to us.

From The Wall Street Journal

After eudemonia and voice, the value of helping others comes before family.

From The Wall Street Journal

Our account of morality may be called the eudemonistic account, from the Greek eudemonia, happiness, or the teleological account, from telos, an end.

From Project Gutenberg

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