hedonism

Plural: hedonisms

Noun

• The ethical theory that pleasure is the highest good and aim of life.
• the pursuit of pleasure as a matter of ethical principle
• an ethical system that evaluates the pursuit of pleasure as the highest good
• The philosophical belief that happiness, particularly sensual pleasure, is the highest good in life.
• A general devotion to the pursuit of pleasure.

Examples

• His Words With Friends strategy was pure hedonism: always go for the highest-scoring word.

Synonyms

Cyrenaicism

Antonyms

asceticism

Related Words

debauchery, hedonic, hedonics, hedonist, hedonistic, hedonistically