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Meaning of eudaemonism | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
juːˈdiːmənɪzəm

Definitions

A philosophical notion, or system of ethics, which measures happiness in relation to morality.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Deutsch Eudämonismus
Suomi eudaimonismi
Svenska eudemonism

Examples

“Whether it be hedonism, pessimism, utilitarianism, or eudaemonism, all those modes of thinking which measure the worth of things according to pleasure and pain, that is, according to accompanying circumstances and secondary considerations, are plausible modes of thought and naivetes, which every one conscious of creative powers and an artist's conscience will look down upon with scorn, though not without sympathy.”

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