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Meaning of EPICUREANISM

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[n]  a doctrine of hedonism that was defended by several ancient Greek philosophers
 

EPICUREANISM is a 12 letter word that starts with E.

 

 See Also: doctrine, ism, philosophy, school of thought

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ep`i*cu*re"an*ism\, n.
Attachment to the doctrines of Epicurus; the principles or
belief of Epicurus.

 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: aesthetics, appetite, appetitiveness, artistic taste, connoisseurship, Cyrenaic hedonism, Cyrenaicism, dilettantism, epicurism, ethical hedonism, eudaemonism, expertise, expertism, friandise, gastronomics, gastronomy, gourmandise, hedonic calculus, hedonics, hedonism, luxuriousness, luxury, pleasure principle, pleasure-loving, pleasure-seeking, psychological hedonism, sensualism, sensuality, sensualness, sybaritism, unchastity, virtu, virtuosity, voluptuousness
 

 

 

 

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