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EPICUREANISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does epicureanism mean? 

EPICUREANISM (noun)
  The noun EPICUREANISM has 1 sense:

1. a doctrine of hedonism that was defended by several ancient Greek philosophersplay

  Familiarity information: EPICUREANISM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


EPICUREANISM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A doctrine of hedonism that was defended by several ancient Greek philosophers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("epicureanism" is a kind of...):

doctrine; ism; philosophical system; philosophy; school of thought (a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school)


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