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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 philosophers
Familiarity information: EPICUREANISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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