hedonic

Example Sentences

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He explained that to younger people like his students, collecting and renting DVDs is a way “to be able to slow down and get off this hedonic treadmill of ‘where’s my next stimulus coming from.’”

From Los Angeles Times

Psychologists differentiate between two aspects of happiness: "hedonic wellbeing," related to emotional experiences, and "eudemonic wellbeing," which concerns meaning and purpose in life.

From BBC

The researchers believe that this proposed effect, which they called "hedonic compensation," likely applies to other activities beyond eating.

From Science Daily

Neuropeptide Y is associated with “hedonic eating”—consuming food strictly to experience pleasure rather than to satisfy hunger.

From Scientific American

Ahrens said that what I had described was hedonic happiness: happiness from pleasure.

From Washington Post