as in sensuality
excessive pursuit of fleshly pleasures
the hedonism of an island vacation
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Recent Examples of hedonism
This shift toward rebellious hedonism was captured in Bonjour Tristesse, the debut novel of 18-year-old Françoise Sagan.
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Air Mail, 3 Jan. 2026
Brat is, of course, the 2024 album by Charli XCX which celebrated hedonism, messiness and unapologetic partying.
—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
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Air Mail, 3 Jan. 2026
Brat is, of course, the 2024 album by Charli XCX which celebrated hedonism, messiness and unapologetic partying.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hedonism
Noun
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He’s lost without her nurturing sensuality.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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The brand continues to define modern American luxury with a rare balance of restraint and sensuality.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
17 Feb. 2026
Noun
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They are fueled by hatred, greed and corruption and do not care about America or what is good for it.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
27 Feb. 2026
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Shot locally in Los Angeles and based on an original idea by Nicholas Geisler (Bunk’d), who here made his feature directorial debut, Gulf of America follows a family who inherits a decaying desert motel, triggering an inescapable descent into greed, psychosis, and terror.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
24 Feb. 2026
Noun
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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 28 Feb. 2026.
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