epicureanism
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It was typical of the epicureanism and optimism in this display — and the overall life and art of the Illinois-born designer.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 20, 2022
In particular, our hero's epicureanism is inconsistent; it is neither rhapsodic enough nor sufficiently integral to his character to make it seem anything but tacked on, with the addition of occasional outlandish recipes.
From The Guardian • Jul. 20, 2013
For all their new-found epicureanism, Americans are not about to fiddle with their traditional Thanksgiving menu.
From Time Magazine Archive
With this moderate epicureanism, he values most the pleasures of physical existence, the "daydream free from doubt" which is art, and an attitude of simple respect for fellow men.
From Time Magazine Archive
In "The Seven Wives of Bluebeard" he has retold four legends and endowed them with a philosophic content of smiling ironic doubt which accepts life as we find it and preaches a gentle disillusioned epicureanism.
From The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story by O'Brien, Edward J. (Edward Joseph Harrington)
Vocabulary lists containing epicureanism
Ancient Philosophy
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Chapter 8: Greek Civilization
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