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Epicureanism

Epicureanism Meaning & Definition
Epicureanism Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Epicureanism?

[n] a doctrine of hedonism that was defended by several ancient Greek philosophers

Synonyms | Synonyms for Epicureanism:

Related Terms | Find terms related to Epicureanism: 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

See Also | doctrine | ism | philosophy | school of thought

Epicureanism In Webster's Dictionary

\Ep`i*cu*re"an*ism\, n. Attachment to the doctrines of Epicurus; the principles or belief of Epicurus.

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