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ENDAEMONISM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does endaemonism mean?
• ENDAEMONISM (noun)
The noun ENDAEMONISM has 1 sense:
1. an ethical system that evaluates actions by reference to personal well-being through a life based on reason
Familiarity information: ENDAEMONISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An ethical system that evaluates actions by reference to personal well-being through a life based on reason
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
endaemonism; eudemonism
Hypernyms ("endaemonism" is a kind of...):
ethics; moral philosophy (the philosophical study of moral values and rules)
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