Meanings
comparative more hedonistic · superlative most hedonistic
- Devoted to pleasure.
He refers to the danger of leading our lives on a hedonistic treadmill, seeking more accomplishments and trying to get more things and more money, leading eventually to ever increasing expectations.
2003, Paul Pearsall, The Beethoven Factor, Hampton Roads Publishing, →ISBN1 more example
Among philosophers, attention to suffering has been a casualty of a long series of attacks on hedonistic utilitarianism—the doctrine that people are morally required to maximize the total surplus of happiness over suffering.
1999, Jamie Mayerfeld, Suffering and Moral Responsibility, Oxford University Press, USA, →ISBN, page 3Synonyms: decadent, sybaritic, Babylonian, decadent, epicureal, epicurean, epicureous, epicurish
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveDevoted to pleasure.
More synonyms by meaning
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*sweh₂d-
- Ancient Greekἡδονή (hēdonḗ)
- Englishhedonist
- Englishhedonistic
Translations
Ancient Greek φιλήδονος
- φιλήδονος (philḗdonos)devoted to pleasure
Catalan hedonista
- hedonistadevoted to pleasure
Danish hedonistisk
- hedonistiskdevoted to pleasure
Dutch hedonistisch
- hedonistischdevoted to pleasure
Esperanto hedonisma
- hedonismadevoted to pleasure
Estonian hedonistlik
- hedonistlikdevoted to pleasure
Finnish hedonistinen, nautinnonhaluinen
- hedonistinendevoted to pleasure
- nautinnonhaluinendevoted to pleasure
French hédoniste
- hédonistedevoted to pleasure
German hedonistisch, genusssüchtig
- hedonistischdevoted to pleasure
- genusssüchtigdevoted to pleasure
Greek ηδονιστικός
- ηδονιστικός (idonistikós)devoted to pleasure
Hungarian hedonista
- hedonistadevoted to pleasure
Italian edonistico
- edonisticodevoted to pleasure
Polish hedonistyczny
- hedonistycznydevoted to pleasure
Romanian hedonistic
- hedonisticdevoted to pleasure
Russian гедонисти́ческий
- гедонисти́ческий (gedonistíčeskij)devoted to pleasure
Spanish hedonista, hedonístico
- hedonistadevoted to pleasure
- hedonísticodevoted to pleasure
Swedish hedonistisk
- hedonistiskdevoted to pleasure
Ukrainian гедоністи́чний
- гедоністи́чний (hedonistýčnyj)devoted to pleasure
Vietnamese khoái lạc, phóng đãng
- khoái lạcdevoted to pleasure
- phóng đãngdevoted to pleasure
Cite this entry
hedonistic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hedonistic
“hedonistic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hedonistic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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