eudemonia

or eu·dae·mo·ni·a

[ yoo-di-moh-nee-uh ]

noun

1. happiness; well-being.
2. Aristotelianism. happiness as the result of an active life governed by reason.

eudemonia

/ ˌjuːdɪˈməʊnɪə /

noun

1. happiness, esp (in the philosophy of Aristotle) that resulting from a rational active life

Word History and Origins

Origin of eudemonia¹

< Greek eudaimonía. See eudemon, -ia

Example Sentences

Our account of morality may be called the eudemonistic account, from the Greek eudemonia, happiness, or the teleological account, from telos, an end.

From Project Gutenberg

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