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Definition of Hedonistic
1. Adjective. Devoted to pleasure. "Epicurean pleasures"
Similar to: Indulgent
Derivative terms: Epicure, Epicurean, Hedonism, Hedonism, Hedonism, Hedonism
Definition of Hedonistic
1. a. Same as Hedonic, 2.
Definition of Hedonistic
1. Adjective. Devoted to pleasure; epicurean. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hedonistic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hedonistic
Literary usage of Hedonistic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Introductory Study of Ethics by Warner Fite (1903)
"THE hedonistic INDIVIDUAL AND THE hedonistic SOCIETY It will be convenient to
begin, as before, with the hedonistic answer to our question. ..."
2. The Good Man and the Good: An Introduction to Ethics by Mary Whiton Calkins (1918)
"Now that the hedonistic answer to this question is discredited we turn, ...
Every one of these conceptions is exposed, as the hedonistic doctrine was ..."
3. Aesthetics: A Critical Theory of Art by Henry G. Hartman (1919)
"My present review shall embrace a consideration of three theories: the hedonistic
Theory, the Expression Theory, and the Experimental Theory. ..."
4. Introduction to Ethics by Frank Thilly (1900)
"The hedonistic Psychology of Action. — Let us now look at the hedonistic psychology
itself, and "the dull, ..."
5. Psychological Review by American Psychological Association (1896)
"... chapters on ^Esthetic and Ethical Emotion. JMB ETHICAL. Studies in Character.
S. BRYANT. New York, Macmillan, 1894. ($1.50.) hedonistic Theories from ..."
6. Lectures on the Ethics of T.H. Green, Mr. Herbert Spencer, and J. Martineau by Henry Sidgwick (1902)
"Aristotle, though his definition of human good is primarily non-hedonistic, has
nothing of the anti- hedonistic spirit which animates Green throughout. ..."
7. Philosophy of Conduct: A Treatise of the Facts, Principles, and Ideals of Ethics by George Trumbull Ladd (1902)
"... which go by the name of "Utilitarian" differ from the ancient hedonistic
theories, whose descendants they are, in two or three important particulars. ..."
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