sybaritism
Love of luxury
Sybaritism is devotion to luxury and sensual pleasure.
The word comes from Sybaris, an ancient Greek city whose inhabitants were legendary for their self-indulgence and soft living.
A sybarite pursues comfort and pleasure above all else: His sybaritism showed in the silk sheets, the private chef, the afternoon massages.
The term usually carries a note of disapproval or amused excess.
Pursuit of enjoyment
- self-indulgenceExcessive yielding to desires
- sensualityPursuit of physical pleasure
- voluptuousnessSensual abundance and curves
- epicureanismPursuit of refined pleasures
gratification · decadence · indulgence · excess · intemperance · dissipation · debauchery · libertinism
Showy, abundant prosperity
- sumptuousnessExtreme costly elegance
- lavishnessExcessive richness or abundance
- extravaganceExcessive, wasteful spending
- affluenceAbundance of money
splendor · elegance · richness · grandeur · plushness · silk · velvet · champagne
Refined evaluative expertise
- aestheticismValuing beauty above ethics
- cultivationFostering growth through care
- sophisticationCultured elegance and complexity
- discernmentKeen perception and judgment
fastidiousness · exquisiteness · delicacy · rarefied · bon vivant · epicure · savor · delectation
pleasure-seeking
Pursuit of enjoyment
- self-indulgenceExcessive yielding to desires
- sensualityPursuit of physical pleasure
- voluptuousnessSensual abundance and curves
epicureanism · gratification · decadence · indulgence · excess · intemperance · dissipation · debauchery · libertinism · carnality
opulence
Showy, abundant prosperity
- sumptuousnessExtreme costly elegance
- lavishnessExcessive richness or abundance
- extravaganceExcessive, wasteful spending
affluence · splendor · elegance · richness · grandeur · plushness · silk · velvet · champagne · caviar
connoisseurship
Refined evaluative expertise
- aestheticismValuing beauty above ethics
- cultivationFostering growth through care
- sophisticationCultured elegance and complexity
discernment · fastidiousness · exquisiteness · delicacy · rarefied · bon vivant · epicure · savor · delectation · appreciation
sybaritismasceticism
Severe self-denial practice
austerity · abstinence · self-denial · temperance · puritanism
sybaritismspartan living
Deliberately simple lifestyle
minimalism · poverty · deprivation · plainness · simplicity