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View synonyms for hedonist

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.
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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
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hedonist1

First recorded in 1855–60; hedonism, -ist
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Example Sentences

Grouchy and wary and tender, he’s a sozzled hedonist seemingly out for himself—though his party-animal facade is just a mask for his bottomless generosity.

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His Bill isn’t a fratty hedonist so much as a man too psychologically compartmentalized to face his own misdeeds.

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The old Don was a loving father and husband, and a hedonist.

In Dornan's telling, Clinton was a "self-indulgent hedonist and phony," a dabbler in drugs, a letch.

Reading that, the stranger would not necessarily (I hope) be transformed into a detrimental Hedonist.

The greatest poets, however, do not accept the point of view either of the extreme moralist or of the hedonist.

He is not what is called a social philosopher, a pretentious hedonist, who talks continuously and floridly about himself.

The restraints of Christians saddened him simply because he was more hedonist than a healthy man should be.

In an hedonist age pleasure has always sunk low, so that it has to be encouraged.

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