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EPICUREANISM

• EPICUREANISM (noun)
The noun EPICUREANISM has 1 sense:

1. a doctrine of hedonism that was defended by several ancient Greek philosophers

Familiarity information: EPICUREANISM used as a noun is very rare.

• EPICUREANISM (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A doctrine of hedonism that was defended by several ancient Greek philosophers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("epicureanism" is a kind of...):

doctrine; ism; philosophical system; philosophy; school of thought (a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school)

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"Blood can never turn into water."
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