hedonics
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- noun
- /hɪˈdɒnɪks/
- Specialized
- It was Clinton who changed the CPI formula to take "hedonics" into account.
Examples
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Understanding hedonics can help us appreciate the psychological effects of enjoyable experiences.
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It may work in some people on the hedonics, on the interest in food.
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By studying hedonics, by studying what makes us feel good or bad, you're studying the essence of what we're doing here on earth.
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(hedonics, substitution, weighting methods, etc.)
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The methods Ritholtz is talking about are something I am actually showing here, although I don't really go into details about hedonics and substitutions, but in showing inflation by sector, you do get less manipulation.
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And all that is without taking into account *any* of the Boskin BS that avoids actual increases by asserting crud like chicken=beef, and also ignores the huge area of missing adjustments for reverse hedonics.
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The study of hedonics explores what brings us pleasure and satisfaction in our daily lives.
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Researchers in hedonics examine the ways different foods can evoke happiness and enjoyment.
Surface Forms
Morphology
hedonics = hedonic (semi-transparent) = hedon + ics
Formation from 'hedonic' + '-ics' is a regular way to form a field or system of study, so the immediate derivation is straightforward.
Etymology
The word hedonics comes from the Greek root hedonē, which means 'pleasure', and you can see the same root in hedonism. So, hedonics is the science of measuring and studying what gives people pleasure.