sybaritism

as in sensuality
excessive pursuit of fleshly pleasures the billionaire's extravagant parties were marked by a degree of sybaritism not seen since the days of decadent Rome

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Noun
  • By November 6th, Venus slips into Scorpio and lights up your daily routine zone with an edge of mystery, sensuality, and craving.
    Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 2 Nov. 2025
  • For Trochopoulos, gravitating toward designs evocative of sensuality has always appealed to him.
    Julia Teti, Footwear News, 31 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Just 100 years after the country’s founding, the highest office of the land was rife with corruption and greed.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Our brains evolved to spot danger, not to manage portfolios, and the instincts that once kept us alive now push us towards panic and greed.
    Big Think, Big Think, 30 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Here, Stamp is pitted against a smarmy California counterpart played by another counterculture screen legend — Peter Fonda, of Easy Rider fame — and both men show how much the optimistic hedonism of the ’60s has soured.
    Christina Newland, Vulture, 22 Aug. 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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“Sybaritism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sybaritism. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.

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