hedonistic

形容词 adj.
/ˈhɛdənɪstɪk/    /hidəˈnɪstɪk/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Devoted to pleasure
    — Among philosophers, attention to suffering has been a casualty of a long series of attacks on hedonistic utilitarianism—the doctrine that people are morally required to maximize the total surplus of happiness over suffering.

词形变化

more hedonistic comparative most hedonistic superlative

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂d-der.
Ancient Greek ἡδονή (hēdonḗ)
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Hellenic *-tās
Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)
Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.
Latin -istader.
Old French -istebor.
Middle English -ist
English -ist
English hedonist
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English hedonistic
From hedonist + -ic.
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