Meanings
alternative eudemonic · alternative eudæmonic · alternative eudaimonic
- Of or pertaining to a eudaemon.
- Producing satisfied happiness and well-being.
In 2013, Cole examined the influence of well-being instead. He focused on two types: hedonic, from pleasure and rewards, and eudaemonic, from having a purpose beyond self-gratification.
2017 January 28, Teal Burrow, “Why am I here?”, in New Scientist, number 3110, page 321 more example
During the 1960s and 1970s, many communist leaderships sought to legitimate their rule increasingly through the eudaemonic mode; the various economic reforms in the USSR and Eastern Europe at the time constituted the major symbol of this.
1993, Janina Frentzel-Zagórska, editor, From a One-Party State to Democracy: Transition in Eastern Europe, →ISBN, page 23
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveproducing happiness and well-being
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekεὐδαιμονικός
- Englisheudaemonic
From Ancient Greek εὐδαιμονικός (eudaimonikós), from εὐδαιμονία (eudaimonía, “happiness”), from εὐδαίμων (eudaímōn, “fortunate, happy”).
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