Etymology

hedonics

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Today it means: The ethical study of pleasure Full definition →

Ancient Greek ἡδονή
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἡδονή“pleasure”
  2. English todayhedonics

From Ancient Greek ἡδονή (hēdonḗ, “pleasure”) + -ics.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekἡδονή all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.