hedonic
[ hee-don-ik ]
/ hiˈdɒn ɪk /
adjective
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Nearby words
hedgerow, hedging, hedgy, hedin, hedjaz, hedonic, hedonic calculus, hedonic damages, hedonics, hedonism, hedonist
Origin of hedonic
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he·don·i·cal·ly, adverbnon·he·don·ic, adjectivenon·he·don·i·cal·ly, adverbDictionary.com Unabridged
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Examples from the Web for hedonic
Hedonic adaptation is just a fancy label for what we already know: we get used to things.
Consumption Makes Us Sad? Science Says We Can Be Happy With Less|Barry Schwartz|January 14, 2012|DAILY BEASTSome have suggested that adaptation creates what might be called a hedonic treadmill.
Consumption Makes Us Sad? Science Says We Can Be Happy With Less|Barry Schwartz|January 14, 2012|DAILY BEASTThe hedonic cannot, according to them, pretend to universal validity, it cannot be normative.
Tragic Sense Of Life|Miguel de UnamunoOur conduct must be judged wise or foolish according as, in the long-run, we find a favourable "hedonic" balance-sheet.