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a person whose life is devoted to luxury and sensual pleasures
he's a star chef and self-described hedonist
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Recent Examples of hedonist
One founder, Roger Somers, was an accomplished saxophonist, rogue architect and larger-than-life hedonist.
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Damian Panetta, The Mercury News, 8 Oct. 2024
Women can be hedonists too, after all, and can delight in things that may shorten our lifespan.
—Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
Eugenie is a technician, a pragmatist, while Dodin is the romantic, a pleasure-seeking hedonist with a poet’s mind, and a dedicated patron of her arts, including even the simplest omelets.
—Katie Walsh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Feb. 2024
London’s most elegant department store, Liberty, still presides over this hedonist’s harbor like a magnificent royal flagship.
—Jonathan Thompson, Travel + Leisure, 1 Feb. 2024
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Damian Panetta, The Mercury News, 8 Oct. 2024
Women can be hedonists too, after all, and can delight in things that may shorten our lifespan.
—Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
Eugenie is a technician, a pragmatist, while Dodin is the romantic, a pleasure-seeking hedonist with a poet’s mind, and a dedicated patron of her arts, including even the simplest omelets.
—Katie Walsh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Feb. 2024
London’s most elegant department store, Liberty, still presides over this hedonist’s harbor like a magnificent royal flagship.
—Jonathan Thompson, Travel + Leisure, 1 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hedonist
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Frank Langella, Dracula (1979) This lush adaptation with a score by John Williams is one of the most overtly erotic, featuring Langella as a dashing playboy Dracula who seduces Harker’s fiancée.Celia Mattison, Vulture, 27 Dec. 2024
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Bill Murray and Rashida Jones tell the story of a young mother who reconnects with her larger-than-life playboy father on an adventure through New York.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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Both nights ended in surrender too as Prada’s heaving crowd of LA sybarites danced and drank with abandon: this was definitely far crazier and way more interesting than your average fashion party.Luke Leitch, Vogue, 11 Mar. 2024
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It was said to be situated at one of the portals to Shambhala — a mythical kingdom of peace and tranquillity in the Buddhist imagining — and had been founded in the century before by an artist, saint and sybarite called Danzanravjaa, known as the lama of the Gobi.Aatish Taseer, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
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How to watch: The Epicurean Hotel in Tampa hosts the finale 6-9pm on Monday.Selene San Felice, Axios, 31 July 2024
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Moore did not buy the physical buildings from Dickson but took over management of the Epicurean Group of establishments and employees.Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press, 12 June 2024
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“Hedonist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hedonist. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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