hedonic
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- adjective
- /hɪˈdɒnɪk/
- Specialized
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hedónico
- So women were occupying their time with things that are classified in the literature as hedonic well-being.
- hedonic value
- hedonic reversal
- hedonic condition
So, you know, people will choose the hedonic route in a second.
- So, you know, people will choose the hedonic route in a second.
- So women were occupying their time with things that are classified in the literature as hedonic well-being.
- So I am cueing your peripheral cosmetic system precisely because it's a hedonic product.
- And so here they're actually two different They're described as homeostatic hunger and hedonic hunger.
- There are so many ways in which people sort of want to escape, which is not the same thing as sort of this hedonic, you know, wanting to feel pleasure.
- And in contrast, we have hedonic pleasure, you know, immediate feelings of satiation or happiness or pleasure.
- But what if it's the case that the act of doing the hedonic calculus is actually more harmful?
- Now, I'm sure you've talked about udemonic versus hedonic happiness.
- There was a paper by a guy called Ron Amundsen, which is all about what he calls hedonic adaptation.
- The only copy of my book is a little harder, but even there you can manipulate your hedonic set point, you can change defaults, you can reset.
- And I feel like he he isn't on a hedonic treadmill and his ego is, is exactly where it's meant to be right now.
Examples
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And in contrast, we have hedonic pleasure, you know, immediate feelings of satiation or happiness or pleasure.
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How, how do you not descend into a more hedonic style of living?
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So, you know, people will choose the hedonic route in a second.
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There were the deep hedonic emotional centres of the brain.
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The more positively reinforcing a stimulus, the higher its hedonic value will be.
Academic text (1994) -
I think the happiness researchers are going too far looking at hedonic happiness versus eudaimonic well-being.
Blog text (34) -
But just that alone, the hedonic rush that you get from de Novo knowledge, gosh, it's never left me, and I don't think it ever will.
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Psychologists call the phenomenon of chasing after rewards that don't provide lasting satisfaction the "hedonic treadmill."
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Many people prioritize hedonic experiences over responsibilities, seeking pleasure in their daily lives.
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The study explored how hedonic activities, like enjoying fine dining, impact overall happiness.
Synonyms
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Pleasant to do or experience
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Causing a feeling of enjoyment or happiness
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A way of living that seeks pleasure and chooses fun over other things
Antonyms
How Pleasure-Focused
Surface Forms
Morphology
hedonic = hedonism (opaque) = hedon + ic
While 'hedonism' shares the root meaning ('pleasure') and form, it is a relatively technical/rare noun, so using it as the immediate base to derive 'hedonic' is not fully obvious to average learners.
Etymology
The word hedonic comes from an old Greek word hedonē meaning 'pleasure', and you can see the same root in hedonism and hedonist, words about enjoying pleasure. So, hedonic means 'relating to pleasure'.