Benthamism

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈbɛnθəˌmɪzəm/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(ben′thə miz′əm, -tə-)


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Ben•tham•ism  (ben′thə miz′əm, -tə-),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Philosophythe utilitarian philosophy of Jeremy Bentham.
  • 1820–30; Bentham + -ism
Ben•tham•ic  (ben tham′ik, -tam′-),USA pronunciation adj.  Ben•tham•ite  (ben′thə mīt′, -tə-),USA pronunciation n. 
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Benthamism / ˈbɛnθəˌmɪzəm/
  1. the philosophy of utilitarianism as first expounded by Jeremy Bentham in terms of an action being good that has a greater tendency to augment the happiness of the community than to diminish it
ˈBenthaˌmite,

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