as in sensuality
excessive pursuit of fleshly pleasures
the hedonism of an island vacation
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And this — the hedonism, sure, but the radical acceptance — was undoubtedly the key to Davis’ interest in LaVey and the Church of Satan.
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Alex Bhattacharji, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2024
Learning about the Buddha’s Middle Way, a way of life that recognizes and threads the extremes of asceticism and hedonism, provides a way of living life in balance.
—Mitch Hendrickson, The Conversation, 29 July 2024
The performance, which sees Redmayne contort like a broken marionette in a party hat, strays from previous incarnations of the character, who’s meant to evoke a kind of funhouse hedonism oblivious to the winds of Nazism gaining strength outside the cabaret doors.
—Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 June 2024
The proto-Lean In lessons of Working Girl, shenanigans of Risky Business, hedonism of Cocktail, and even the greed of Wall Street have all been jammed into a blender (though all those films’ seediness has been strained out).
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2024
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Alex Bhattacharji, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2024
Learning about the Buddha’s Middle Way, a way of life that recognizes and threads the extremes of asceticism and hedonism, provides a way of living life in balance.
—Mitch Hendrickson, The Conversation, 29 July 2024
The performance, which sees Redmayne contort like a broken marionette in a party hat, strays from previous incarnations of the character, who’s meant to evoke a kind of funhouse hedonism oblivious to the winds of Nazism gaining strength outside the cabaret doors.
—Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 June 2024
The proto-Lean In lessons of Working Girl, shenanigans of Risky Business, hedonism of Cocktail, and even the greed of Wall Street have all been jammed into a blender (though all those films’ seediness has been strained out).
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2024
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“Hedonism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hedonism. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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