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HEDONIST

Dictionary entry overview: What does hedonist mean?

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

1. someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures

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

Dictionary entry details

• HEDONIST (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

hedonist; pleasure seeker; pagan

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

sensualist (a person who enjoys sensuality)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hedonist"):

Corinthian; man-about-town; playboy (a man devoted to the pursuit of pleasure)

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