as in sensuality
excessive pursuit of fleshly pleasures
the hedonism of an island vacation
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Recent Examples of hedonism
If previous records massaged her hedonism into silky, professional-grade pop, the sound on WOR$T GIRL is all sinew and scrap metal, a leaner and meaner vehicle for acting out.
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Harry Tafoya,
Pitchfork,
2 Apr. 2026
But the film’s artistry — overflowing with excess and hedonism and an eye for commanding visuals — is impossible to dismiss.
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Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
10 Feb. 2026
Much of Hurry Up Tomorrow sees the Weeknd trying to make peace with his transformation—wrestling with the old habits that haunt him, watching his legacy slip away, recognizing the limits of hedonism, navigating nostalgia and sentimentality.
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Literary Hub,
14 Jan. 2026
The week ahead is perfect for romance, pleasure, updating your looks, and hedonism in all forms, so don’t let this week's energy go to waste.
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Kyle Thomas,
PEOPLE,
11 Jan. 2026
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Harry Tafoya,
Pitchfork,
2 Apr. 2026
But the film’s artistry — overflowing with excess and hedonism and an eye for commanding visuals — is impossible to dismiss.
—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
10 Feb. 2026
Much of Hurry Up Tomorrow sees the Weeknd trying to make peace with his transformation—wrestling with the old habits that haunt him, watching his legacy slip away, recognizing the limits of hedonism, navigating nostalgia and sentimentality.
—
Literary Hub,
14 Jan. 2026
The week ahead is perfect for romance, pleasure, updating your looks, and hedonism in all forms, so don’t let this week's energy go to waste.
—
Kyle Thomas,
PEOPLE,
11 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hedonism
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The playing of music in seventeenth-century genre paintings often suggests sensuality and pleasure of an easy, familiar kind.
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Beneath all the sensuality and beauty, there’s also a lingering melancholy that feels very familiar to me.
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The Australian psych-rock band’s latest features dense, detailed songwriting about corporate greed and the environment, but the music lacks its nuance and ambition.
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There’s a lot that feels timely about greed versus governance and myths and propaganda.
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The rich textures and thick ambiance of The Eyes of Others are pure high modernist 1960s Italian cinema, but De Sica unfurls the film’s winding intrigues with a contemporary sense of suspense, carnality, and visual boldness.
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But as Maud's God begins to talk back, and her desperate pleas for divine intervention send her into fits of orgasmic fervor and desperate carnality, Glass hints at the depths of mania powering the nurse's dedication.
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“Hedonism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hedonism. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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