hedonist

[ heed-n-ist ]

noun

1. a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification.

adjective

1. Also he·don·is·tic []. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hedonist or hedonism.

Other Words From

• he·don·is·ti·cal·ly adverb
• non·he·do·nis·tic adjective
• non·he·do·nis·ti·cal·ly adverb
• un·he·do·nis·tic adjective
• un·he·do·nis·ti·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of hedonist¹

First recorded in 1855–60; hedonism, -ist

Example Sentences

It’s good to remind ourselves that this sadistic, racist, autocrat-loving, wannabe fascist dictator-for-a-day*, is a tacky, reckless hedonist whose vices make him beholden to others, and whose desperation to save face leads him to commit crimes.

From Salon

Sold in a shiny glass bottle and advertised on TV, immortality has been commodified in the hedonist dystopia of “Divinity,” the startling new film from writer-director Eddie Alcazar.

From Los Angeles Times

This is no ordinary period literary biopic, because the French writer Colette was no period literary figure; she was an ahead-of-her time scribe and an unapologetically bisexual hedonist whose lust for life made for especially lively prose.

From New York Times

“Let Mary run and be as hedonist as she pleases; let Tommy roll in the mud,” a Massachusetts observer wrote.

From Los Angeles Times

Though it’s just one of three films he appears in this month, Yang puts the “crazy” in “Crazy Rich Asians” as billionaire playboy Bernard Tai, an excess-loving hedonist hell bent on throwing the most legendary bachelor party in Singaporean history.

From Los Angeles Times