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EUDAEMONIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does eudaemonic mean?
• EUDAEMONIC (adjective)
The adjective EUDAEMONIC has 1 sense:
1. producing happiness and well-being
Familiarity information: EUDAEMONIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Producing happiness and well-being
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
eudaemonic; eudemonic
Pertainym:
eudemonism (an ethical system that evaluates actions by reference to personal well-being through a life based on reason)
Derivation:
eudaemon (a benevolent spirit)
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