hedonist
a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification.
Also he·don·is·tic. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hedonist or hedonism.
Origin of hedonist
1Other words from hedonist
- he·don·is·ti·cal·ly, adverb
- non·he·do·nis·tic, adjective
- non·he·do·nis·ti·cal·ly, adverb
- un·he·do·nis·tic, adjective
- un·he·do·nis·ti·cal·ly, adverb
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How to use hedonist in a sentence
Where does the quest for beauty and hedonistic impulses begin and end?
You meet him and he's in a stage of complete and total hedonistic selfishness.
'About a Boy' Star David Walton Is No Hugh Grant, in the Best Way | Kevin Fallon | February 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHedonistic distractions have existed from Caligula and Nero to Andreotti and Berlusconi.
The New Fellini: Paolo Sorrentino’s ‘The Great Beauty’ | Jimmy So | November 18, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTTo seize the day could be construed as a stoic, moral or hedonistic call, though not usually a sentimental one.
One Perfect Summer Day in Virginia Woolf, Saul Bellow and Others | Matt Seidel | September 25, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBut the mundane reality is most likely much less hedonistic than that.
Seduced by War, Europeans Join the Fight in Syria | Nadette De Visser | June 11, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
We must allow again for the intermingling of moral with purely hedonistic preferences in the estimate of common sense.
The Methods of Ethics | Henry SidgwickI owe the suggestion of this mode of interpreting the hedonistic calculus of utilitarianism to Dr. Wesley Mitchell.
Human Nature and Conduct | John DeweySpencer is involved in effect in most of the confusions and contradictions of hedonistic psychology.
A ward with a comfortable bed seemed to me quite safe enough, and I spent the night with three equally hedonistic companions.
A Surgeon in Belgium | Henry Sessions SouttarNot that the pursuit of pleasure or the avoidance of pain can be the unbroken motive-force even of the most hedonistic among us.
The Complex Vision | John Cowper Powys
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