as in sensuality
excessive pursuit of fleshly pleasures
the hedonism of an island vacation
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Recent Examples of hedonism
This heroically eccentric diner draws no distinction between vegetarianism and hedonism.
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Ligaya Mishan,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
Nowadays, old-school residents bemoan the neighborhood’s evolution from grungy to grandiose; what was once a warren of hedonism has become a breeding ground for characterless watering holes whose lack of personality is bested only by the exorbitance of their beer prices.
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Dan Stahl,
New Yorker,
1 May 2026
If previous records massaged her hedonism into silky, professional-grade pop, the sound on WOR$T GIRL is all sinew and scrap metal, a leaner and meaner vehicle for acting out.
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Harry Tafoya,
Pitchfork,
2 Apr. 2026
But the film’s artistry — overflowing with excess and hedonism and an eye for commanding visuals — is impossible to dismiss.
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Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
10 Feb. 2026
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Ligaya Mishan,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
Nowadays, old-school residents bemoan the neighborhood’s evolution from grungy to grandiose; what was once a warren of hedonism has become a breeding ground for characterless watering holes whose lack of personality is bested only by the exorbitance of their beer prices.
—
Dan Stahl,
New Yorker,
1 May 2026
If previous records massaged her hedonism into silky, professional-grade pop, the sound on WOR$T GIRL is all sinew and scrap metal, a leaner and meaner vehicle for acting out.
—
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
See All Example Sentences for hedonism
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hedonism
Noun
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What emerged was a wardrobe that balanced sensuality, ease and elegance.
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The real draws, however, are the two star-making performances by Léa Seydoux and Adèle Exarchopoulos, whose extraordinary and viscerally raw explorations of sensuality and heartbreak saw them jointly (and deservedly) awarded the Palme d’Or with the film’s director.
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Released at the tail end of Reaganomics, Carpenter’s most politically forward thriller now feels like a decoder ring for ’80s-era greed, detachment, complacency and ruthlessness.
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Does this show reveal more to me how the most vulnerable amongst us are suffering as a result of disinterest, apathy, greed?
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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 6 Jul. 2026.
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