HEDONISM Synonyms: 20 Similar and Opposite Words

hedonism

noun

ˈhē-də-ˌni-zəm

Definition of hedonism

as in sensuality

excessive pursuit of fleshly pleasures the hedonism of an island vacation

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Recent Examples of hedonism Food and Beverage Wrapped in cascades of cherry blossom, The Orchard Room reimagines afternoon tea with unapologetic hedonism—affectionately dubbed InfiniTEA. — Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026 Such hedonism won’t fly in 2026, industry analysts told CNN. — Anna Cooban, CNN Money, 20 June 2026 For ultimate privacy with all the Les Airelles trimmings, the hotel has brought three impossibly luxe chalets into the fold, each swallowing up to 15 guests for weeks of high-altitude hedonism. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 June 2026 This heroically eccentric diner draws no distinction between vegetarianism and hedonism. — Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 11 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for hedonism

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Noun

Named after the famous Parisian district and first introduced in 2004, the style has become a Louboutin signature with its sleek proportions expressing the sensuality embedded in the brand.

— Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 3 Oct. 2026
But those who crowded into Krasner’s 1958 show at Martha Jackson’s New York gallery, her first since Pollock’s death, encountered her Earth Green series—paintings that exploded in vibrant color and exuded life, sensuality, fecundity, and freedom.

— Mary Gabriel, Air Mail, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of sensuality

Noun

Expect greed, luck, obsession and the old adage that fortune really does favor the brave (and the strange, according to A+E).

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026
Tammy Faye stuck by Bakker, often with tears running down her mascara, even as many saw his downfall as a fitting symbol of the greed and hypocrisy of the 1980s.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of greed

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The rich textures and thick ambiance of The Eyes of Others are pure high modernist 1960s Italian cinema, but De Sica unfurls the film’s winding intrigues with a contemporary sense of suspense, carnality, and visual boldness.

— Zac Ntim, Deadline, 29 Apr. 2026
But as Maud's God begins to talk back, and her desperate pleas for divine intervention send her into fits of orgasmic fervor and desperate carnality, Glass hints at the depths of mania powering the nurse's dedication.

— Dennis Perkins, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025

Definition of carnality

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