hedonism
noun
Origin of hedonism
Synonyms for hedonism
Antonyms for hedonism
Examples from the Web for hedonism
Contemporary Examples of hedonism
His life of hedonism suddenly seems empty when he begins to fall in love with Grace.
Is ‘Satisfaction’ a Love Story That’s Too Real About Sex and Marriage?David Masciotra
September 19, 2014
Those avatars of hedonism, The Europeans, are aghast at discovering that the average American vacation lasts for just 4.1 days.
Obama’s Extravagant Summer Break? More Like, America’s Vacation-Deficit DisorderClive Irving
August 10, 2014
Georgia Congressman Bob Barr warned that “the flames of hedonism . . . are licking at the very foundations of our society.”
Justice Kennedy Opened the Door to Same-Sex Marriage, Will He Walk Through Next?Geoffrey R. Stone
August 3, 2014
But the pleasures of vengeance and hedonism prove a dead end for Wanda.
After a night of hedonism, head out into Louisiana's Cajun Country.
Historical Examples of hedonism
And no hedonism, no theory of rights, could supply an operating rule for conduct.
The Life of MazziniBolton King
Veblen has made it perfectly clear that particular matters of theory are affected by the presupposition of hedonism.
Creative IntelligenceJohn Dewey, Addison W. Moore, Harold Chapman Brown, George H. Mead, Boyd H. Bode, Henry Waldgrave, Stuart James, Hayden Tufts, Horace M. Kallen
His own view is that the Austrians are not essentially bound up with hedonism.
Social ValueB. M. Anderson
The sonnets on the Days breathe the same quaint medieval hedonism.
Renaissance in Italy: Italian LiteratureJohn Addington Symonds
Honora's amazement at her cousin's hedonism gave way to contempt for it.
The PrecipiceElia Wilkinson Peattie