hedonics

American

[hee-don-iks] / hiˈdɒn ɪks /

noun

(used with a singular verb)

the branch of psychology that deals with pleasurable and unpleasurable states of consciousness.

hedonics British

/ hiːˈdɒnɪks /

noun

the branch of psychology concerned with the study of pleasant and unpleasant sensations
(in philosophy) the study of pleasure, esp in its relation to duty

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Etymology

Origin of hedonics

First recorded in 1860–65; see origin at hedonic, -ics

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This may help us to understand better the relations between aesthetics and hedonics, and the nature of that objectification in which we have placed the difference between beauty and pleasure.

From The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory by George Santayana

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