Hedonism in a sentence

Therefore, Freud believed in qualitatively different hedonisms where the total avoidance of pain hedonism and the achievement of the greatest net pleasure hedonism are separate and associated with distinct functions and drives of the human psyche.

His effervescent compositions epitomized sophisticated hedonism to a generation of young adults only a few years older than the Beatles.

As much as we hear about social justice and all the other fluff, what Democrats vote on and value most is a form of hedonism that borders on (or crosses into) narcissism.

But it’s not likely either: our culture needs figures who model wise restraint rather than juvenile hedonism, and Brand can’t entirely undo his image.

But there is clearly a hangover from the early days when hedonism ruled, and caution was thrown to the wind.

For him, no space must be yielded to the debauchers who gorge the nation’s wealth and fritter its assets in the realisation of their gluttonous hedonism.

Her husband, Victor Lownes, was the Playboy executive whose hedonism shocked and entertained 1970s Britain, but Marilyn Cole is astonished at the decline of standards in today's society.

It was in London’s Soho area, the traditional height of British hedonism, where the pick of the costumes was spotted as one person donned a huge picture frame with their own face poking through for a brilliant twist on the Mona Lisa.

Ultimately, Brat is about hedonism, which tends to have a moment during the summer anyway, even more so post-Covid, and amid a financial crisis.

What better way is there to celebrate our victory over Greek hedonism than with $8 donuts?

Does hedonism and ego lead us to believe that nothing should get in the way of our right to have a good time?

From the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 until the early 2010s, when rents began rising sharply, Berlin was a hotbed for unregulated experimentation and exuberant hedonism.

Hedonism is not, on the other hand, commendable because it only amplifies our worldly concerns.

Now we’ve a culture of rank hedonism.

So far, no guests at Hedonism II have tested positive while on property or have been required to quarantine in place, according to Lange.

Well, it’s time to take a cue from the bearded daddy of Olympus, indulge your base instincts, and buckle in for some culinary hedonism.

Wines will be priced at Hedonism Wines shelf price plus £10 per 75cl bottle, with the biggest wine list of any restaurant in Europe to pick from – over 7,000 choices, in fact.

Consistent with the narcissistic hedonism so prevalent in the U.S., most Americans loathe the idea of caring for the aged.

If you’re going glamping – nature plus hedonism – likewise.

Those involved are on tenterhooks; multiple movie studios passed on the opportunity to tell the story of John’s years of hedonism including his drug-taking, homosexuality and dubious Australian marriage to Renate Blauel.