epicureans
Fine dining devotees
Epicureans are people devoted to sensual pleasure, especially fine food and drink.
The word comes from Epicurus, the ancient Greek philosopher, though his actual teachings emphasized moderation and intellectual pleasures over indulgence.
In common use, epicurean suggests refined tastes and luxurious appetites: The restaurant caters to epicureans willing to pay for exceptional ingredients.
An epicurean approach to life prioritizes enjoyment and sensory experience.
Expensive nonessential comfort
- pleasure-seekersThose prioritizing personal enjoyment
- hedonistsPursuers of sensual delight
- sensualistsPursuers of physical pleasure
- aesthetesAppreciators of beauty
sybarites · sophisticates · indulgent · leisurely · opulence · refinement · comfort · enjoyment
Pursuit of gratification
- ataraxiaImperturbable peace of mind
- pleasureHappy, satisfied feeling
- GardenNamed place designation
- atomismDiscrete particles compose everything
Lucretius · tranquility · moderation · prudence · friendship · materialism · ethics · happiness
Enthusiastic eaters, sometimes excessive
- connoisseursExpert judges of quality
- foodiesDevoted culinary enthusiasts
- gastronomesExperts in fine eating
- bon vivantsSociable luxury lovers
palate · delicacies · gourmet · fine dining · sommelier · tasting · savoring · cuisine
luxury
Expensive nonessential comfort
- pleasure-seekersThose prioritizing personal enjoyment
- hedonistsPursuers of sensual delight
- sensualistsPursuers of physical pleasure
aesthetes · sybarites · sophisticates · indulgent · leisurely · opulence · refinement · comfort · enjoyment · gratification
hedonism
Pursuit of gratification
atomism · Lucretius · tranquility · moderation · prudence · friendship · materialism · ethics · happiness · Hellenistic
gourmands
Enthusiastic eaters, sometimes excessive
- connoisseursExpert judges of quality
- foodiesDevoted culinary enthusiasts
- gastronomesExperts in fine eating
bon vivants · palate · delicacies · gourmet · fine dining · sommelier · tasting · savoring · cuisine · indulgence
- believersbeliever, believers, adherent, devotee, theist
- restaurantgoersregulars, first-timers, walk-ins, reservations, guests
- classical educationclassical education, Latin, grammar, logic, trivium
- nonbelieversatheist, atheists, agnostic, agnostics, nonbeliever
epicureansascetics
People practicing severe self-discipline
abstainers · renunciants · teetotalers · killjoys · fasters
epicureansSpartans
Citizens of ancient Laconia
Puritans · Calvinists · moralists · zealots