All hedonism synonyms

noun hedonism

• sensualism — subjection to sensual appetites; sensuality.
• indulgence — the act or practice of indulging; gratification of desire.
• debauchery — You use debauchery to refer to the drinking of alcohol or to sexual activity if you disapprove of it or regard it as excessive.
• gratification — the state of being gratified; great satisfaction.
• pleasure — the state or feeling of being pleased.
• intemperance — excessive or immoderate indulgence in alcoholic beverages.
• self-indulgence — indulging one's own desires, passions, whims, etc., especially without restraint.
• profligacy — shameless dissoluteness.
• self-satisfaction — a usually smug satisfaction with oneself, one's achievements, etc.
• decadence — deterioration, esp of morality or culture; decay; degeneration
• enjoyment — The state or process of taking pleasure in something.
• epicureanism — An ancient school of philosophy founded in Athens by Epicurus. The school rejected determinism and advocated hedonism (pleasure as the highest good), but of a restrained kind: mental pleasure was regarded more highly than physical, and the ultimate pleasure was held to be freedom from anxiety and mental pain, esp. that arising from needless fear of death and of the gods.