hedonic

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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 • Feb. 23, 2026

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 • Dec. 25, 2024

Participants filled out seven brief surveys per day via their smartphones regarding their hedonic consumption, distraction and satisfaction.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2024

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

From Washington Post • Jan. 29, 2023

It is simply gambling with hedonic stakes; preferring a small chance of high enjoyment to comparative certainty of moderate pleasures.

From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 by Various