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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 reasonplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


ENDAEMONISM (noun)


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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