Epicureanism
11Epicureanism — Epicurean ► NOUN 1) a follower of the Greek philosopher Epicurus (341 270 BC), who taught that pleasure, particularly mental pleasure, was the highest good. 2) (epicurean) an epicure. ► ADJECTIVE 1) relating to Epicurus or his ideas. 2)… …
12Epicureanism — noun a) A system of philosophy based upon the teachings of (c. 340–c. 270 BC). b) A love or knowledge of enjoyment, especially of good food and drink …
13epicureanism — Synonyms and related words: Cyrenaic hedonism, Cyrenaicism, aesthetics, appetite, appetitiveness, artistic taste, connoisseurship, dilettantism, epicurism, ethical hedonism, eudaemonism, expertise, expertism, friandise, gastronomics, gastronomy,… …
14epicureanism — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. hedonism, sensuality, self indulgence; see enjoyment 2 , greed , indulgence 3 …
15EPICUREANISM — a Greek PHILOSOPHICAL school founded by EPICURUS which taught detachment from the world through contentment and the attainment of happiness through the recognition that the absence of pain and distress is the greatest pleasure. They rejected… …
16epicureanism — n. philosophy that states that the highest good in the world is pleasure (defined as the absence of pain and disturbance) …
17Epicureanism — while often considered to be the philosophy of pleasure seeking, in fact refers to a middle path philosophy defining happiness as success in avoiding pain, in the form of both mental worry and physical discomfort, in order to produce a state of… …
18epicureanism — n. Doctrines of Epicurus, Epicurism, hedonism, eudaemonism …
19epicureanism — n 1. epicurism, sybaritism, hedonism, luxuriousness, voluptuousness, sensuality, sensu ousness; gourmanderie, gastronomy. 2. intemperance, self gratification, self indulgence, overindulgence, unrestraint, incontinence, immoderation; revelry,… …
20epicureanism — ep·i·cu·re·an·ism …
