epicureanism as a noun: - 1
epicureanism
noun
1 epicureanism
A doctrine of hedonism that was defended by several ancient Greek philosophers.
Roget 954:
intemperance;
sensuality,
animalism,
carnality;
tragalism†;
pleasure;
effeminacy,
silkiness;
luxury,
luxuriousness;
lap of pleasure,
lap of luxury;
free living.
indulgence;
high living,
wild living,
inabstinence†,
self-indulgence;
voluptuousness
etc.
adj.;
epicurism,
epicureanism;
sybaritism;
drug habit.
dissipation;
licentiousness
etc.
adj.;
debauchery;
crapulence†.
revels,
revelry;
debauch,
carousal,
jollification,
drinking bout,
wassail,
saturnalia,
orgies;
excess,
too much.
Circean cup.
[drugs of abuse: list]
bhang,
hashish,
marijuana,
pot [Coll.],
hemp [Coll.],
grass [Coll.];
opium,
cocaine,
morphine,
heroin;
LSD,
lysergic acid diethylamide [Chem];
phencyclidine,
angel dust,
PCP;
barbiturates;
amphetamines,
speed [Coll.].
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Dutch: epicurisme
Polish: epikureizm
Moby thesaurus: Cyrenaic hedonism, Cyrenaicism, aesthetics, appetite, appetitiveness, artistic taste, connoisseurship, dilettantism, epicurism, ethical hedonism, eudaemonism, expertise, expertism, friandise, gastronomics, gastronomy, gourmandise, hedonic calculus, hedonics, hedonism, luxuriousness, luxury, pleasure principle, pleasure-loving, pleasure-seeking, psychological hedonism, sensualism, sensuality, sensualness, sybaritism, unchastity, virtu, virtuosity, voluptuousness ... show more.
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