Definitions for hedonist

hedonist he·don·ist

Spelling: [heed-n-ist]
IPA: /ˈhid n ɪst/

Hedonist is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 380 anagrams from letters in hedonist (dehinost).

Definitions for hedonist

noun

  1. a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification.

adjective

  1. Also, hedonistic. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hedonist or hedonism.

Origin of hedonist

First recorded in 1855-60; See origin at hedonism, -ist

Examples for hedonist

Then the hedonist in her revolted against that ascetic vision.

But to be a hedonist implies a certain process of reasoning, a deliberate choice of known pleasures, a rejection of known pains.

He is perhaps the only perfectly frank and unmitigated "hedonist" which European literature at this hour offers.

She knew him to be a hedonist, a materialist, a man who had very few scruples.

The old Don was a loving father and husband, and a hedonist.

Youre a hedonist, Phineas, said Doggie, after a thoughtful pause.

Walter Pater's fear that the word "hedonist" would be suspected as immoral came true in Wilde's books.

The riches of wisdom consist for the hedonist in their purchase of pleasure.

Thus what really occurs is precisely opposite to the hedonist's contention.

If a man chances to be a hedonist, he should show the good temper which is the best virtue of the indolent.

Word Value for hedonist
Scrable

12

Words with friends

12

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