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HEDONIST

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures

Synonyms:

hedonist; pagan; pleasure seeker

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("hedonist" is a kind of...):

sensualist (a person who enjoys sensuality)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hedonist"):

Corinthian; man-about-town; playboy (a man devoted to the pursuit of pleasure)

Derivation:

hedonism (an ethical system that evaluates the pursuit of pleasure as the highest good)

hedonism (the pursuit of pleasure as a matter of ethical principle)

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