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
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
The ambush is delivered courtesy of the Mangkwan Clan, a cult of kamikaze hedonists who rejected Eywa after a volcano reduced their corner of Pandora to ash, but the RDA is happy to seize on the chaos and launch their final attack on the Metkayina’s oceanic stronghold.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 16 Dec. 2025
This is his take on recovery rap — 12-step-core from an artist who was once one of hip-hop’s proudest hedonists.
—Stephen Kearse, Rolling Stone, 10 Nov. 2025
Medieval guild houses and sleek glass façades share space—stitched together by whirring trams—as Bahnhofstrasse, the city’s famed luxury shopping boulevard, draws crowds of hedonists with its parade of designer boutiques.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 22 Jan. 2026
The ambush is delivered courtesy of the Mangkwan Clan, a cult of kamikaze hedonists who rejected Eywa after a volcano reduced their corner of Pandora to ash, but the RDA is happy to seize on the chaos and launch their final attack on the Metkayina’s oceanic stronghold.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 16 Dec. 2025
This is his take on recovery rap — 12-step-core from an artist who was once one of hip-hop’s proudest hedonists.
—Stephen Kearse, Rolling Stone, 10 Nov. 2025
Medieval guild houses and sleek glass façades share space—stitched together by whirring trams—as Bahnhofstrasse, the city’s famed luxury shopping boulevard, draws crowds of hedonists with its parade of designer boutiques.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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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.—
Will Leitch,
Vulture,
22 Aug. 2025
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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.—
Gregg Kilday,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2019
Noun
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The series will tell the story of how a young woman, Silvia, who was working at the Munich Olympics, met Carl Gustaf, the Crown Prince of Sweden, a playboy and the guest of honor at the Games.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
24 Mar. 2026
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In one of the musical’s many stomach-turning late developments, its resident rake, a bisexual playboy played by Claybourne Elder (doing better after his carriage accident), sets his sights on a 14-year-old girl who has slipped into the party from Poughkeepsie (Maya Rowe) and tries to rape her.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
19 Mar. 2026
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Nothing important happens in this movie, which the Italian voluptuary Luca Guadagnino directed and yet, being as manically alive as Mr. Fiennes is here has to count for something.—
WESLEY MORRIS,
New York Times,
6 Jan. 2017
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Higher volumes of sybarites are also tasking luxury operators with making crowd-free vacation dreams come true.—
Lindsay Cohn,
Robb Report,
20 May 2025
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What unites these contemporary sybarites with their stylish forebears is a powerful longing for freedom.—
Lynn Yaeger,
Vogue,
16 May 2025
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“Hedonist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hedonist. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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