Etymology

eudaimonia

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Today it means: In Aristotelian ethics, a condition of living a life of the highest virtue; the state of human flourishing, which is desirable in and of itself, rather than as a means towards some other end. Full definition →

Ancient Greek εὐδαιμονίᾱ
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  1. Ancient Greek · learned borrowing fromεὐδαιμονίᾱ
  2. English todayEudaimonia

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek εὐδαιμονίᾱ (eudaimoníā, literally “good spirits”). By surface analysis, eu- + demon + -ia.

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