as in sensualist
a person whose life is devoted to luxury and sensual pleasures
he's a star chef and self-described hedonist
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Recent Examples of hedonist
The sequel strips Grace of what made her special and merely pays lip service to the first one’s worldview, representing the antagonists as generically incompetent hedonists.
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Michael Ordoña,
San Francisco Chronicle,
18 Mar. 2026
These are unhappy hedonists, boozing and fornicating for lack of fulfillment.
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Dan Stahl,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026
Another cousin, the son of my industrialist uncle, has given up regattas and the hedonist’s life for a position in his father’s company that is, like all companies in Turkey, faltering under the tremendous burden of an economy in tailspin.
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Literary Hub,
10 Feb. 2026
Maison Souquet Just across the street from the Moulin Rouge, the marvelously lavish Maison Souquet offers a sensual retreat that pays homage to the hideaway’s former reputation as a discreet brothel for wealthy hedonists.
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Sophie Dodd,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Jan. 2026
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Michael Ordoña,
San Francisco Chronicle,
18 Mar. 2026
These are unhappy hedonists, boozing and fornicating for lack of fulfillment.
—
Dan Stahl,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026
Another cousin, the son of my industrialist uncle, has given up regattas and the hedonist’s life for a position in his father’s company that is, like all companies in Turkey, faltering under the tremendous burden of an economy in tailspin.
—
Literary Hub,
10 Feb. 2026
Maison Souquet Just across the street from the Moulin Rouge, the marvelously lavish Maison Souquet offers a sensual retreat that pays homage to the hideaway’s former reputation as a discreet brothel for wealthy hedonists.
—
Sophie Dodd,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hedonist
Noun
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Things don’t go well, resulting in a Lord of the Flies–esque battle between, among others, Jude Law’s idealist and Ana de Armas’s shameless sensualist.
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The film would eventually gross more than $16 million worldwide while securing Wong’s reputation as one of cinema’s great sensualists.
Noun
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Batman used to be rich, the alter ego of Bruce Wayne, a wealthy playboy, philanthropist, and industrialist in Gotham City.
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Yet, with help from Rachel’s former editor at the Boston Globe, Jim Doherty (Darrin Baker) and her ex-boyfriend, wealthy playboy Hayden Payne (Milo Ventimiglia), David and Rachel unravel a massive decade-long conspiracy that spans Revere, Massachusetts and Geneva, Switzerland.
Noun
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Higher volumes of sybarites are also tasking luxury operators with making crowd-free vacation dreams come true.
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What unites these contemporary sybarites with their stylish forebears is a powerful longing for freedom.
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“Hedonist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hedonist. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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