EUDEMONISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does eudemonism mean? 

• EUDEMONISM (noun)
  The noun EUDEMONISM has 1 sense:

1. an ethical system that evaluates actions by reference to personal well-being through a life based on reason

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• EUDEMONISM (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 ("eudemonism" is a kind of...):

ethics; moral philosophy (the philosophical study of moral values and rules)