The pursuit of pleasure as a matter of ethical principle.

Roget 836: cheerfulness etc. adj.; geniality, gayety, l'allegro [Fr.], cheer, good humor, spirits; high spirits, animal spirits, flow of spirits; glee, high glee, light heart; sunshine of the mind, sunshine of the breast; gaiete de coeur [Fr.], bon naturel [Fr.].    liveliness etc. adj.; life, alacrity, vivacity, animation, allegresse^†; jocundity, joviality, jollity; levity; jocularity etc. (wit) 842.    mirth, merriment, hilarity, exhilaration; laughter etc. 838; merrymaking etc. (amusement) 840; heyday, rejoicing etc. 838; marriage bell.    nepenthe, Euphrosyne^†, sweet forgetfulness.    optimism etc. (hopefulness) 858; self complacency; hedonics^†, hedonism.    ... show more

Roget 377: pleasure; physical pleasure, sensual pleasure, sensuous pleasure; bodily enjoyment, animal gratification, hedonism, sensuality; luxuriousness etc. adj.; dissipation, round of pleasure, titillation, gusto, creature comforts, comfort, ease; pillow etc. (support) 215; luxury, lap of luxury; purple and fine linen; bed of downs, bed of roses; velvet, clover; cup of Circe etc. (intemperance) 954.    treat; refreshment, regale; feast; delice [Fr.]; dainty etc. 394; bonne bouche [Fr.].    source of pleasure etc. 829; happiness etc. (mental enjoyment) 827.    ... show more

Roget 827: pleasure, gratification, enjoyment, fruition; oblectation, delectation, delection^†; relish, zest; gusto etc. (physical pleasure) 377; satisfaction etc. (content) 831; complacency.    well-being; good etc. 618; snugness, comfort, ease; cushion etc. 215; sans souci [Fr.], without worry, mind at ease.    joy, gladness, delight, glee, cheer, sunshine; cheerfulness etc. 836.    treat, refreshment; amusement etc. 840; luxury etc. 377.    mens sana in corpore sano [Lat.] [Juvenal], a sound mind in a sound body.    happiness, felicity, bliss; beatitude, beautification; enchantment, transport, rapture, ravishment, ecstasy; summum bonum [Lat.]; paradise, elysium etc. (heaven) 981; third heaven^†, seventh heaven, cloud nine; unalloyed happiness &c.; hedonics^†, hedonism.    honeymoon; palmy days, halcyon days; golden age, golden time; Dixie, Dixie's land; Saturnia regna [Lat.], Arcadia^†, Shangri-La, happy valley, Agapemone^†.    ... show more

An ethical system that evaluates the pursuit of pleasure as the highest good.

Dutch: hedonisme
Polish: hedonizm etyczny