hedonic

C2+ Topic:Emotions & Feelings

US /hiːˈdɑːnɪk/ UK /hiːˈdɒnɪk/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
relating to pleasure or the pursuit of it

Economists study the hedonic value buyers place on each feature.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · relating to pleasure or the... pleasurable sensual gratifying epicurean voluptuous

Opposites

ascetic austereabstinent

Word family

Derived forms hedonicallyhedonics

Related forms hedonism hedonist hedonistic

Etymology

From Ancient Greek hedonikos, from hedone ('pleasure'), from hedus ('sweet, pleasant').

hedonikos Ancient Greek hedone Ancient Greek

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Topics

Emotions & Feelings Word Formation & Derivatives

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# hedonic

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /hiːˈdɑːnɪk/
**IPA (UK):** /hiːˈdɒnɪk/

## Meanings
1. relating to pleasure or the pursuit of it

## Examples
- Economists study the hedonic value buyers place on each feature.

## Synonyms
- pleasurable
- sensual
- gratifying
- epicurean
- voluptuous

## Antonyms
- ascetic
- austere
- abstinent

## Derived Forms
- hedonically
- hedonics

## Related Forms
- hedonism
- hedonist
- hedonistic

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: hedonikos
- Root: hedone

## Etymology
From Ancient Greek hedonikos, from hedone ('pleasure'), from hedus ('sweet, pleasant').

## AI Etymology
hedonic comes from Ancient Greek hedonikos, from hedone ('pleasure'), from hedus ('sweet, pleasant'). The path is chiefly one of transmission: the word passes through the named languages and forms, with each stage preserving part of the modern shape. In present English, the adjective sense is "relating to pleasure or the pursuit of it", so the historical development ends in a clearly identifiable modern dictionary use. The same base also appears in related forms such as hedonism, hedonist, and hedonistic, and in derivatives such as hedonically and hedonics. Its semantic neighborhood includes pleasurable, sensual, gratifying, and epicurean, which helps locate the modern sense without adding a separate etymological claim. The named historical forms include Ancient Greek hedonikos and Ancient Greek hedone.

## Topics
- Emotions & Feelings
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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