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PRONUNCIATION OF HEDONISTICALLY

hedonistically  [ˌhiːdəˈnɪstɪkəlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HEDONISTICALLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hedonistically is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES HEDONISTICALLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

hedonistically

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 hedonistically in the English dictionary

The definition of hedonistically in the dictionary is from a hedonistic point of view.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HEDONISTICALLY


acoustically
əˈkuːstɪkəlɪ
ballistically
bəˈlɪstɪkəlɪ
drastically
ˈdræstɪkəlɪ
fantastically
fænˈtæstɪkəlɪ
heuristically
hjʊəˈrɪstɪkəlɪ
holistically
həʊˈlɪstɪkəlɪ
linguistically
lɪŋˈɡwɪstɪkəlɪ
majestically
məˈdʒɛstɪkəlɪ
mechanistically
ˌmɛkəˈnɪstɪkəlɪ
mystically
ˈmɪstɪkəlɪ
opportunistically
ˌɒpətjuːˈnɪstɪkəlɪ
plastically
ˈplæstɪkəlɪ
probabilistically
ˌprɒbəbəˈlɪstɪkəlɪ
realistically
ˌrɪəˈlɪstɪkəlɪ
sarcastically
sɑːˈkæstɪkəlɪ
simplistically
sɪmˈplɪstɪkəlɪ
statistically
stəˈtɪstɪkəlɪ
stochastically
stɒˈkæstɪkəlɪ
stylistically
staɪˈlɪstɪkəlɪ
synergistically
ˌsɪnəˈdʒɪstɪkəlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HEDONISTICALLY

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE HEDONISTICALLY

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Synonyms and antonyms of hedonistically in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «hedonistically» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HEDONISTICALLY

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The translations of hedonistically from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hedonistically» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

hedonistically
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hedonísticamente
570 millions of speakers

English

hedonistically
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

hedonistically
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

hedonistically
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гедонистически
278 millions of speakers

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hedonisticamente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

hedonistically
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hédoniste
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hedonistik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

hedonistisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

hedonistically
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

hedonistically
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hedonistically
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hedonistically
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

hedonistically
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

औपचारिकपणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hedonistically
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

edonisticamente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

hedonistically
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гедоністично
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

hedonist
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

hedonistically
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hedonistically
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hedonistically
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hedonistically
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hedonistically

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HEDONISTICALLY»

The term «hedonistically» is used very little and occupies the 179.781 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HEDONISTICALLY» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HEDONISTICALLY»

Discover the use of hedonistically in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hedonistically and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Greenhouse: A Welfare Assessment and Some Morals
How do death and other kinds of damages have to be valued from a personal point of view, in particular hedonistically? (Strong) rational hedonism above (in sect. 2.2) was defined as the view that exactly a person's feelings have intrinsic ...
Christoph Lumer, 2002
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Parker's Wine Buyer's Guide
Medium- to full-bodied and hedonistically textured, it is packed with jamiuy white and red fruits. This is a complex, immensely flavorful, extroverted Gewurz for those who enjoy the ostentatiousness that can be found in this sometimes full- blown ...
Robert M. Parker, 2002
3
Advances in the Economics of Information Systems
Past literature has suggested that aggregated evaluation of prospects is hedonistically more efficient (Redelmeier & Tversky, 1992). For example, compare the impact of paying $50 cash to the impact of adding another $50 to a $940 monthly ...
Kerem Tomak, 2005
4
The Place of Science in Modern Civilization
productivity is a loss as counted in " total effective utility." Hedonistically, therefore , the productivity in such a case diminishes, not only relatively to the (physical) magnitude of the productive agents, but absolutely. This critical point, of maximum ...
Thorstein Veblen, 2007
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Nietzsche, Genealogy, Morality: Essays on Nietzsche's ...
Whereas cruelty raises the question of why the pleasures or pains of others should be pleasurable or painful to me, asceticism, hedonistically characterized, seems simply self-contradictory. Both cruelty and asceticism are presented as finding ...
Richard Schacht, 1994
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An Introduction to the History of Psychology
Even the best of humans, however, are capable of acting hedonistically rather than rationally: “For desire is a wild beast, and passion per— verts the minds of rulers, even when they are the best of men” (Barnes, 1984, Vol. 2, p. 2042).
B. Hergenhahn, Tracy Henley, 2013
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An Introduction to Ethics
If one defines the overall good hedonistically, then the net balance of good over evil one arrives at results from subtracting the total amount of pain the act produces from the total amount of pleasure. And if one defines the overall good ...
John Deigh, 2010
8
Mountains and Minds
A tendency was shown for the value placed on more hedonistically oriented goals to differentiate the subgroups with the group on low well-being higher on the hedonistically oriented goals. In Chapter 5, a study was mentioned that showed ...
Robert Wheeler, 2010
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Coevolutionary Economics: The Economy, Society and the ...
384) argues that individuals may behave hedonistically but not strictly hedonistically. He suggests that the utility function of the peasant be represented by: U - Utility is a function not only of what happens to the individual (Y) but also of the ...
John Gowdy, 1994
10
Philosophical Dialogues: Arne Naess and the Progress of ...
If this is understood hedonistically, it amounts to maximizing the pleasure and minimizing the pain of those concerned in sum or on the average. From a nonanthropocentric viewpoint this has the advantage of taking into consideration not only ...
Nina Witoszek, Andrew Brennan, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HEDONISTICALLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hedonistically is used in the context of the following news items.
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Gay marriage ruling leads to a self-defeating end
... and homosexual marriage legalization, I have noticed that many people speak of “equality” and “love,” words that are hedonistically defined. «Herald & Review, Jul 15»
2
Extensive fictionalreworking of Fitzgerald era
... John Don Passos and the rest of the avant-garde set in 1920s south of France, and here they lived hedonistically, languishing over cocktails ... «Otago Daily Times, Jul 15»
3
Soho's members' clubs raise the bar
... you'll recall that when it came to nightlife nothing ruled quite so hedonistically as the private members' club. The Met Bar or Pharmacy aside, ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
4
Sniffing out the next big thing in chocolate and gobstoppers
"The idea that the foods we rate as elegant, hedonistically pleasurable, may have complex physical signatures at the digital level that are also ... «BBC News, Jun 15»
5
Magic Door returns to London
... the most thrillingly random, most eccentrically vibrant, most off-kilter and hedonistically fun-focused parties the UK has to offer, akin to looking ... «TNT Magazine, Jun 15»
6
Joanna Blythman restaurant review: Tabac, Glasgow
The unapologetic meatiness of the deep-fried lamb ribs (submissively soft and hedonistically fatty) was tamed by the dusting of dukkah ... «Herald Scotland, May 15»
7
EDC NY 2015 Recap: Dance Music's Biggest Parking Lot Rave
... a risky move when playing a crowd whose attention span is hedonistically finely tuned for drops. Luckily, everyone got their fix... eventually. «THUMP, May 15»
8
Ask A Bartender: How Do I Make A Margarita In The Wilderness?
You can do it as hedonistically as everything else if you have the right tools and you know what you're doing. There is absolutely nothing wrong ... «GoLocalPDX, May 15»
9
Postcard to Peter Mutharika: Tenthani's Muckraking
Why are these fake awards hedonistically attractive so that they should be acceptable to African leaders as if they have some aphrodisiacal ... «Nyasa Times, Apr 15»
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Will Alcohol Nutrition Labels Actually Make Anyone Drink Less?
Drinking has been a hedonistically driven activity for the last 5,000 years, and I do not foresee people changing that primarily based on the ... «Munchies_ Food by VICE, Apr 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Hedonistically [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/hedonistically>. Apr 2024 ».
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