What does hedonistic mean?
Hedonistic means Devoted to pleasure.
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/ˈhɛdənɪstɪk/ · adjective
Devoted to pleasure.
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.
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.
Use hedonistic when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Hedonistic means Devoted to pleasure.
Common synonyms include Babylonian, decadent, epicureal, epicurean.
Possible antonyms include abstemious, antihedonistic, ascetic, austere.
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.
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