WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
he•don•ist
(hēd′n ist),USA pronunciation n.
adj.
he′don•is′ti•cal•ly, adv.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025- a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification.
adj.
- Also, he′don•is′tic. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a hedonist or hedonism.
- see hedonism, -ist 1855–60
he•don•ism /ˈhidənˌɪzəm/USA pronunciation
n. [uncountable]
he•don•is•tic, adj.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- belief in or devotion to pleasure as a way of life.
he•don•is•tic, adj.
he•don•ism
(hēd′n iz′əm),USA pronunciation n.
- the doctrine that pleasure or happiness is the highest good.
- devotion to pleasure as a way of life:The later Roman emperors were notorious for their hedonism.
- Greek hēdon(é̄) pleasure + -ism
- 1855–60
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged sensualism, libertinism, debauchery, dissipation, carousal.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged puritanism, asceticism, abstemiousness, self-denial.