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Eros vs Hedonism - What's the difference?

eros | hedonism |

As nouns the difference between eros and hedonism

is that eros is eros (physical love) while hedonism is (ethics) the belief that pleasure or happiness is the highest good in life some hedonists, such as the epicureans, have insisted that pleasure of the entire mind, not just pleasure of the senses, is the highest good.

eros

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A winged figure of a child representing love and/or its power
  • Physical love; sexual desire
  • a type of love that seeks fulfillment without violation or something else
  • (psychiatry) libido
  • (psychiatry) collective instincts for self-preservation; life drive

    • Antonyms

    * (life drive) (death drive), Thanatos

    Anagrams

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    hedonism

    English

    (hedonism)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (ethics) The belief that pleasure or happiness is the highest good in life. Some hedonists, such as the Epicureans, have insisted that pleasure of the entire mind, not just pleasure of the senses, is the highest good.
  • A general devotion to the pursuit of pleasure.

    • Antonyms

    * asceticism

    Related terms

    * hedonic * hedonics * hedonist * hedonistic * hedonistically

    External links

    * * English words suffixed with -ism