hedonistic

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˌhiːdəˈnɪstɪk/ UK /ˌhiːdəˈnɪstɪk/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
devoted to pleasure and self-gratification as a way of life

His hedonistic lifestyle left little room for serious work.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · devoted to pleasure and... epicureansybariticvoluptuouspleasure-seekingself-indulgentsensual

Opposites

ascetic austere abstemious puritanical

Word family

Derived forms hedonistically

Related forms hedonism hedonist hedonic

Etymology

From hedonist plus -ic; hedonist derives from Ancient Greek hedone ('pleasure'), from hedus ('sweet, pleasant'), plus the suffix -ist.

hedone Ancient Greek hedus Ancient Greek

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# hedonistic

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

## Meanings
1. devoted to pleasure and self-gratification as a way of life

## Examples
- His hedonistic lifestyle left little room for serious work.

## Synonyms
- epicurean
- sybaritic
- voluptuous
- pleasure-seeking
- self-indulgent
- sensual

## Antonyms
- ascetic
- austere
- abstemious
- puritanical

## Derived Forms
- hedonistically

## Related Forms
- hedonism
- hedonist
- hedonic

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

## Etymology
From hedonist plus -ic; hedonist derives from Ancient Greek hedone ('pleasure'), from hedus ('sweet, pleasant'), plus the suffix -ist.

## AI Etymology
hedonistic comes from hedonist plus -ic; hedonist derives from Ancient Greek hedone ('pleasure'), from hedus ('sweet, pleasant'), plus the suffix -ist. Morphologically, the ending is part of the etymology: the suffix is attached to the older base named in the history, producing a later English derivative. In present English, the adjective sense is "devoted to pleasure and self-gratification as a way of life", 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 hedonic, and in derivatives such as hedonistically. Its semantic neighborhood includes epicurean, sybaritic, voluptuous, and pleasure-seeking, which helps locate the modern sense without adding a separate etymological claim. The named historical forms include Ancient Greek hedone and Ancient Greek hedus.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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