hedonistic

hedonist +‎ -ic

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhɛdənɪstɪk/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /hidəˈnɪstɪk/

hedonistic (comparative more hedonistic, superlative most hedonistic)

1. Devoted to pleasure; epicurean.
   • 1999, Jamie Mayerfeld, Suffering and Moral Responsibility, Oxford University Press, USA, →ISBN, page 3:

     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.

   • 2003, Paul Pearsall, The Beethoven Factor, Hampton Roads Publishing, →ISBN:

     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.

• hedonistic calculus

• hedonic
• hedonism
• hedonist
• hedonistically

From French hédonistique.

hedonistic m or n (feminine singular hedonistică, masculine plural hedonistici, feminine and neuter plural hedonistice)

1. hedonistic