hedonic
Devoted to enjoyment
Hedonic relates to pleasure, particularly the pursuit or experience of it.
In philosophy and psychology, hedonic describes approaches that measure well-being by pleasure and pain: hedonic psychology, the hedonic treadmill.
The hedonic treadmill is the tendency to return to a baseline happiness despite positive or negative events.
Hedonic adaptation explains why lottery winners aren't permanently happier.
State of relishing something
- gratificationPleasure from satisfying desires
- satisfactionState of fulfilled desires
- delightIntense pleasure or satisfaction
- blissPerfect, serene felicity
happiness · contentment · well-being · joy · elation · exhilaration · cheerfulness · glee
Perceived stimulus or phenomenon
- tactileOf the touching sense
- aromaticPleasantly strong-smelling
- flavorfulHaving strong taste
- palatableAcceptable to the tongue
savory · luscious · succulent · velvety · silky · warmth · tingle · caress
Moral decline through excess
- excessSurplus beyond need
- self-indulgenceExcessive yielding to desires
- overindulgenceExcessive consumption or enjoyment
- gluttonyGreedy excess in consumption
intemperance · sybaritism · voluptuousness · dissipation · profligacy · immoderation · bingeing · satiety
Showy, abundant prosperity
- sumptuousnessExtreme costly elegance
- extravaganceExcessive, wasteful spending
- lavishnessExcessive richness or abundance
- splendorImpressive, striking beauty
affluence · indulgent · pampering · spa · champagne · silk · velvet · gourmet
enjoyment
State of relishing something
- gratificationPleasure from satisfying desires
- satisfactionState of fulfilled desires
- delightIntense pleasure or satisfaction
bliss · happiness · contentment · well-being · joy · elation · exhilaration · cheerfulness · glee · joviality
sensation
Perceived stimulus or phenomenon
palatable · savory · luscious · succulent · velvety · silky · warmth · tingle · caress · texture
decadence
Moral decline through excess
- excessSurplus beyond need
- self-indulgenceExcessive yielding to desires
- overindulgenceExcessive consumption or enjoyment
gluttony · intemperance · sybaritism · voluptuousness · dissipation · profligacy · immoderation · bingeing · satiety · surfeit
opulence
Showy, abundant prosperity
- sumptuousnessExtreme costly elegance
- extravaganceExcessive, wasteful spending
- lavishnessExcessive richness or abundance
splendor · affluence · indulgent · pampering · spa · champagne · silk · velvet · gourmet · delicacy
- damagescompensatory, punitive, punitive damages, nominal, actual
- sensory qualitiestaste, smell, aroma, sound, texture
- well-beingwell-being, happiness, wellbeing, wellness, contentment
- drivesdrive, hard drive, flash drive, USB drive, CD drive
hedonicascetic
One who renounces indulgence
abstinent · abstemious · austere · self-denying · puritanical