as in sensuality
excessive pursuit of fleshly pleasures
the hedonism of an island vacation
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Sad Girl not only celebrates hedonism but also explores mental health and a range of emotions, emphasizing the acceptance of sadness and the coexistence of highs and lows.
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Lisa Kocay, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
The festival had a Christian tie-in, as a burst of hedonism before the austerity of Lent.
—Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024
Blink Twice nods at a tangle of different contemporary ailments: lifestyle fetishism, wellness hedonism, our obscene fealty to stolid tech bros and their untrammeled wealth.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 6 Dec. 2024
The hedonism of a Grecian garden meets a delicate fig tree.
—Rose Dommu, Them, 11 Dec. 2024
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Lisa Kocay, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
The festival had a Christian tie-in, as a burst of hedonism before the austerity of Lent.
—Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024
Blink Twice nods at a tangle of different contemporary ailments: lifestyle fetishism, wellness hedonism, our obscene fealty to stolid tech bros and their untrammeled wealth.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 6 Dec. 2024
The hedonism of a Grecian garden meets a delicate fig tree.
—Rose Dommu, Them, 11 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for hedonism
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“Hedonism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hedonism. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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