as in sensuality
excessive pursuit of fleshly pleasures
the hedonism of an island vacation
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Recent Examples of hedonism
The week ahead is perfect for romance, pleasure, updating your looks, and hedonism in all forms, so don’t let this week's energy go to waste.
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Kyle Thomas, PEOPLE, 11 Jan. 2026
This shift toward rebellious hedonism was captured in Bonjour Tristesse, the debut novel of 18-year-old Françoise Sagan.
—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
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Kyle Thomas, PEOPLE, 11 Jan. 2026
This shift toward rebellious hedonism was captured in Bonjour Tristesse, the debut novel of 18-year-old Françoise Sagan.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hedonism
Noun
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Brimming with spiritualism and sensuality, this neo-gothic story navigates the terrain between life and death, and between childhood and adulthood.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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Creative Director Antonin Tron made his debut at Balmain with a collection that mined the brand’s reputation of dynamic sensuality and opulent design, while making the clothes look more modern than referential.—
Kevin Huynh,
InStyle,
12 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The novel used all these tensions to propel a study of greed, avarice, and racial divisions between the haves and have nots, leading to McCoy getting his comeuppance.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
2 Apr. 2026
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There are lots of complex reasons and complex factors that go into gas price at the pump, and the greed of oil companies is just one of them.—
Kyle Cheromcha,
The Drive,
1 Apr. 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 6 Apr. 2026.
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