as in sensuality
excessive pursuit of fleshly pleasures
the hedonism of an island vacation
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Recent Examples of hedonism
Brat is, of course, the 2024 album by Charli XCX which celebrated hedonism, messiness and unapologetic partying.
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Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
Koumba is a tricky character to realize, chiefly because postapocalyptic hedonism can easily slide into unsavoriness.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025
Dwarfing like a royal Turkish palace along the glittering shores of Belek—Regnum The Crown is a utopia of hedonism and millennial chic.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Participants responded to versions of the Portrait Values Questionnaire, created by social psychologist Shalom Schwartz, to assess 10 core human values: universalism, benevolence, conformity, tradition, security, self-direction, stimulation, hedonism, achievement and power.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 19 July 2025
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Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
Koumba is a tricky character to realize, chiefly because postapocalyptic hedonism can easily slide into unsavoriness.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025
Dwarfing like a royal Turkish palace along the glittering shores of Belek—Regnum The Crown is a utopia of hedonism and millennial chic.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Participants responded to versions of the Portrait Values Questionnaire, created by social psychologist Shalom Schwartz, to assess 10 core human values: universalism, benevolence, conformity, tradition, security, self-direction, stimulation, hedonism, achievement and power.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 19 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hedonism
Noun
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But Vacancy, her first record solely under Interscope, doesn't completely abandon the self-possession and sensuality that's become synonymous with her sound.—
Pitchfork,
Pitchfork,
23 Jan. 2026
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Arnold Jerocki/Getty A public homage will take place at a nearby site for admirers of the woman whose image once symbolized France's postwar liberation and sensuality.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
7 Jan. 2026
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The dazzling works of Fra Angelico both testify to the immense wealth and power of fourteenth-century Florentine society and attempt to heal its pride, greed, and brutal inequality.—
Ingrid D. Rowland,
The New York Review of Books,
5 Feb. 2026
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The once-compassionate Democratic Party used to mobilize government for the downtrodden and check crony capitalism’s greed.—
Torrey Snow,
Baltimore Sun,
4 Feb. 2026
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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.—
Dennis Perkins,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
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And then there are the satiric quips, the candid carnality, and the love-it-or-leave-it depiction of life in Los Angeles.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Hedonism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hedonism. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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