WORD: HEDONISTIC
MEANING:
1. Pursuit of or devotion to pleasure, especially to the pleasures of the senses.
2. Philosophy The ethical doctrine holding that only what is pleasant or has pleasant consequences is intrinsically good.
3. Psychology The doctrine holding that behavior is motivated by the desire for pleasure and the avoidance of pain.
4. self-indulgent, pleasure-seeking
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Hedonistic voices inside our head lamented that we would not see him lead the Black Caps to another no-longer-surprising march to the final of the World T20.
PRONOUNCE:
he·don·ism - हीडनिस्टिक
LINK: HEDONISTIC
MEANING:
1. Pursuit of or devotion to pleasure, especially to the pleasures of the senses.
2. Philosophy The ethical doctrine holding that only what is pleasant or has pleasant consequences is intrinsically good.
3. Psychology The doctrine holding that behavior is motivated by the desire for pleasure and the avoidance of pain.
4. self-indulgent, pleasure-seeking
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Hedonistic voices inside our head lamented that we would not see him lead the Black Caps to another no-longer-surprising march to the final of the World T20.
PRONOUNCE:
he·don·ism - हीडनिस्टिक
LINK: HEDONISTIC
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