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People who study primate societies make a distinction between two kinds of cultural interactions, agonic and hedonic. In agonic societies, you gain status by asserting dominance over others. In hedonic societies, you gain status by drawing attention to yourself. Open source is a hedonic culture.
Eric S. Raymond

Meaning of "hedonic" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HEDONIC

hedonic  [hiːˈdɒnɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HEDONIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hedonic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HEDONIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

hedonic

Hedonism

Hedonism is a school of thought that argues that pleasure is the only intrinsic good. In very simple terms, a hedonist strives to maximize net pleasure. Ethical hedonism is the idea that all people have the right to do everything in their power to achieve the greatest amount of pleasure possible to them. It is also the idea that every person's pleasure should far surpass their amount of pain. Ethical hedonism is said to have been started by Aristippus of Cyrene, a student of Socrates. He held the idea that pleasure is the highest good.

Definition of hedonic in the English dictionary

The definition of hedonic in the dictionary is relating to the study of pleasure or pleasant and unpleasant experiences.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HEDONIC


anhedonic
ˌænhɪˈdɒnɪk
arachidonic
ˌærəkɪˈdɒnɪk
bionic
baɪˈɒnɪk
boustrophedonic
buːˌstrɒfɪˈdɒnɪk
chalcedonic
ˌkælsɪˈdɒnɪk
chronic
ˈkrɒnɪk
electronic
ɪlɛkˈtrɒnɪk
harmonic
hɑːˈmɒnɪk
hydroponic
ˌhaɪdrəʊˈpɒnɪk
iconic
aɪˈkɒnɪk
ionic
aɪˈɒnɪk
ironic
aɪˈrɒnɪk
mastodonic
ˌmæstəˈdɒnɪk
sardonic
sɑːˈdɒnɪk
sonic
ˈsɒnɪk
supersonic
ˌsuːpəˈsɒnɪk
symphonic
sɪmˈfɒnɪk
Tiptronic
tɪpˈtrɒnɪk
tonic
ˈtɒnɪk
ultrasonic
ˌʌltrəˈsɒnɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HEDONIC

hedgebill
hedgehog
hedgehop
hedgehopped
hedgehopper
hedgehopping
hedger
hedgerow
hedging
hedgingly
hedgy
Hedjaz
hedonic damages
hedonically
hedonics
hedonism
hedonist
hedonistic
hedonistically
hedyphane

WORDS THAT END LIKE HEDONIC

Adonic
anionic
azonic
cationic
chthonic
colonic
draconic
embryonic
hadronic
hyaluronic
hydronic
hypotonic
masonic
Napoleonic
optoelectronic
philharmonic
phonic
Platonic
polyphonic
tectonic

Synonyms and antonyms of hedonic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «hedonic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HEDONIC

Find out the translation of hedonic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hedonic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hedonic» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

享乐
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hedónico
570 millions of speakers

English

hedonic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

hedonic
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تلذذي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гедонистический
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

hedônica
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আনন্দবাদী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hédonique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hedonik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

hedonischen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

快楽の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

헤 도닉
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hedonic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hưởng thụ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இன்பத்திற்குரிய
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सुखसोयी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

zevke ait
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

edonico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

hedoniczna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гедоністичний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

hedonic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ηδονική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hedonic
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hedoniska
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hedonic
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hedonic

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QUOTES WITH «HEDONIC»

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Eric S. Raymond
People who study primate societies make a distinction between two kinds of cultural interactions, agonic and hedonic. In agonic societies, you gain status by asserting dominance over others. In hedonic societies, you gain status by drawing attention to yourself. Open source is a hedonic culture.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HEDONIC»

Discover the use of hedonic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hedonic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Well-Being: Foundations of Hedonic Psychology
The distinguished contributors to this volume combine a rigorous analysis of human sensations, emotions, and moods with a broad assessment of the many factors, from heredity to nationality, that bear on our well-being.
Daniel Kahneman, Edward Diener, Norbert Schwarz, 1999
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Hedonic Utility, Loss Aversion and Moral Hazard
Hedonic Utility, Loss Aversion and Moral Hazard summarizes recent advances in the modeling and measurement of hedonic utility.
Emil P. Iantchev, 2010
3
The Economic Valuation of the Environment and Public Policy: ...
This book is especially designed to illustrate the basic assumptions of the hedonic approach and highlight the strengths and weaknesses associated with it.
Noboru Hidano, 2002
4
Hedonic Methods in Housing Markets: Pricing Environmental ...
1.3 Estimation of the Hedonic Price Function As indicated in the previous section, the implicit prices, Pzi=P(Z)/zi, reveal the implicit marginal willingness to pay for an increment in a structural, neighborhood, or locational feature of interest, zi.4 ...
Andrea Baranzini, José Ramirez, Caroline Schaerer, 2008
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Hedonic Wage Equilibrium: Theory, Evidence and Policy
Hedonic Wage Equilibrium examines empirically and theoretically the properties of the equilibrium wage function.
Thomas J. Kniesner, John D. Leeth, 2010
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Hedonic Consumption: A Study of Locus of Causality and Marketing
This study examines the applicability of locus of causality as a differentiating psychographic segmentation variable in marketing associated with hedonic consumption.
Jane Duclos Hudson, 2007
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Hedonic Imputation Versus Time Dummy Hedonic Indexes
Statistical offices try to match item models when measuring inflation between two periods.
W. E. Diewert, Saeed Heravi, Mick Silver, 2007
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The Difference Between Hedonic Imputation Indexes and Time ...
Statistical offices try to match item models when measuring inflation between two periods.
‎2006
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valuing access to water- a spatial hedonic approach applied ...
Abstract: An important infrastructure policy issue for rapidly growing cities in developing countries is how to raise fiscal revenues to finance basic services in a fair and efficient manner.
Luc Anselin, 2008
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Hedonic Characteristics of Baked Goods Made with Either Dark ...
Because dark chocolate (DC) is a better source of polyphenols (which have antioxidant activity) than milk chocolate (MC), it was of interest to determine the effect of replacing MC with DC on the hedonic characteristics (appearance, taste, ...
Emily L. Hartline, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HEDONIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hedonic is used in the context of the following news items.
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Are new homes special? | Brookings Institution
The hedonic model of individual house prices maps the characteristics of houses to their transaction prices through a regression of sales price ... «Brookings Institution, Jul 15»
2
Negative mood promotes craving for sweets | Focus News
Emotions experienced in everyday life can alter the hedonic experience of less-palatable food, implying a link to emotional eating, the study ... «Focus News, Jul 15»
3
Negative mood promotes craving for sweets
Emotions experienced in everyday life can alter the hedonic experience of less-palatable food, implying a link to emotional eating, the study ... «The Express Tribune, Jul 15»
4
How to Maximize Your Vacation Happiness
“So one way vacations continue to provide hedonic benefits even after they've long since passed is because they live on in the stories we tell.”. «Yahoo Health, Jul 15»
5
Psychologists authorize CIA, DOD torture, says report. Does torture …
... the quest for truth, for personal significance, for control, autonomy and relatedness – can often trump hedonic pleasure and pain concerns.". «Christian Science Monitor, Jul 15»
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Victory can make lackluster food taste better
The study shows that emotions experienced in everyday life can alter the hedonic experience of less-palatable food, implying a link to ... «Futurity: Research News, Jul 15»
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Penis 2.0: Here's What the Penis of the Future Should Look Like
But as for the experience of pleasure itself, that happens in the brain, particularly in the so-called hedonic hotspots, including the nucleus ... «io9, Jul 15»
8
Never mind Apple's curved devices — you can plunge your finger …
The experience of shape change was surprisingly complex: hedonic quality were inversely related to urgency, and some shapes were ... «Computerworld, Jul 15»
9
Opinion: We're no good at judging what makes us happy
Psychologists use the concept of the "hedonic treadmill" to explain how we all habituate to the things we save so hard to buy (or quickly adapt ... «The Press, Jul 15»
10
In 3-year-old Sheriff Trout case, 'litigation hasn't even begun'
It seeks compensatory, hedonic, punitive and exemplary damages, reimbursement of medical expenses, back pay, front pay, legal fees and ... «NJ.com, Jul 15»

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