hedonic
adjective
he·don·ic
hi-ˈdä-nik 
1
: of, relating to, or characterized by pleasure
2
: of, relating to, or characterized by hedonism
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Kim Westerman covers luxury and family travel, food destinations, wine and coffee trends, and other hedonic adventures.
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Kim Westerman, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
Experiential consumption: There’s another way to foster gratitude and thwart hedonic adaptation that seems especially relevant to the upcoming gift-buying season: Spend your money on experiences, not things.
—Sigal Samuel, Vox, 25 Nov. 2024
Why televisions continue to be cheap But hedonic adjustments can’t account for everything when the CPI is registering drops in prices.
—Gabriel Cortés, CNBC, 16 July 2024
Just in case anybody doesn’t know what these are, the momentary subjective being well-being is like hedonic well-being.
—Oshan Jarow, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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Kim Westerman, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
Experiential consumption: There’s another way to foster gratitude and thwart hedonic adaptation that seems especially relevant to the upcoming gift-buying season: Spend your money on experiences, not things.
—Sigal Samuel, Vox, 25 Nov. 2024
Why televisions continue to be cheap But hedonic adjustments can’t account for everything when the CPI is registering drops in prices.
—Gabriel Cortés, CNBC, 16 July 2024
Just in case anybody doesn’t know what these are, the momentary subjective being well-being is like hedonic well-being.
—Oshan Jarow, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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“Hedonic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hedonic. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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