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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

Christian ethics, Cyrenaic hedonism, Cyrenaicism, Stoicism, altruistic ethics, appetite, appetitiveness, aretaics, casuistry, categorical imperative, comparative ethics, deontology, egoistic ethics, empiricism, epicureanism, epicurism, ethical formalism, ethical hedonism, ethical philosophy, ethology, ethonomics, eudaemonics, eudaemonism, evolutionism, golden rule, hedonic calculus, hedonics, intuitionism, luxuriousness, luxury, moral philosophy, perfectionism, pleasure principle, pleasure-loving, pleasure-seeking, psychological hedonism, sensualism, sensuality, sensualness, situation ethics, sybaritism, unchastity, utilitarianism, voluptuousness

Dictionary Results for hedonism:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

hedonism
    n 1: the pursuit of pleasure as a matter of ethical principle
    2: an ethical system that evaluates the pursuit of pleasure as
       the highest good

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Hedonism \Hed"on*ism\, n.
   1. The doctrine of the Hedonic sect; the pursuit of pleasure
      as a matter of ethical principle. [WordNet sense 1]
      [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]

   2. The ethical theory which finds the explanation and
      authority of duty in its tendency to give pleasure.
      [1913 Webster]

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