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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sybaritic |
| Synonyms: | epicurean, hedonic, hedonistic, hot*, passionate, pleasure-seeking, sensualistic, voluptuous |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hedonist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who seeks pleasure above other values |
| Synonyms: | bon vivant, debauchee, epicure, epicurean, glutton, gourmand, lecher, libertine, pleasuremonger, pleasureseeker, profligate, sensualist, sybarite, thrill-seeker, voluptuary |
| Antonyms: | ascetic |
| Main Entry: | sybarite |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hedonist |
| Synonyms: | epicure, sensualist, voluptuary |
| Antonyms: | puritan |
| Main Entry: | sensualist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sexy person |
| Synonyms: | epicure, sybarite, voluptuary |
| Antonyms: | puritan |
| Main Entry: | libertine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | debauched person |
| Synonyms: | cyprian, debauchee, lecher, paillard, profligate, rake, satyr, sensualist, voluptuary |
| Notes: | a libertarian is someone who believes the doctrine of free will, while a libertine is a person who is morally unrestrained |
| Antonyms: | puritan |
| Main Entry: | hedonic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sybaritic |
| Synonyms: | decadent, effete, epicurean, greedy, hedonistic, miserly, parsimonious, voluptuary, voluptuous |
| Main Entry: | hedonistic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sybaritic |
| Synonyms: | decadent, effete, epicurean, greedy, hedonic, miserly, parsimonious, voluptuary, voluptuous |
| Main Entry: | sybaritic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | devoted to pleasure |
| Synonyms: | epicurean, hedonic, hedonistic, pleasure-seeking, voluptuary, voluptuous |
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| Concept: | Sensualist. |
| Category: | 4. Moral practice |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
Sybarite, voluptuary, Sardanaphalus, man of pleasure, carpet knight; epicure, epicurean, gourmet, gourmand; pig, hog; votary of Epicurus, swine of Epicurus; sensualist; Heliogabalus; free liver, hard liver; libertine; hedonist; tragalist.
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| Antonyms: | asceticism |
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