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Humanist vs Hedonism - What's the difference?

humanist | hedonism |

As nouns the difference between humanist and hedonism

is that humanist is a scholar of one of the subjects in the humanities while hedonism is 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.

As an adjective humanist

is relating to humanism or the humanities.

humanist

English

(wikipedia humanist)

Noun

(en noun)
  • a scholar of one of the subjects in the humanities
  • a person who believes in the philosophy of humanism
  • (historical) In the Renaissance, a scholar of Greek and Roman classics

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • relating to humanism or the humanities
  • (typography, of a typeface) Resembling classical handwritten monumental Roman letters rather than the 19th-century grotesque typefaces.

    • Antonyms

    * nonhumanist ----

    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