eudaemonics

English

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Etymology

Ancient Greek εὐδαιμονικός (eudaimonikós, “conducive to happiness”).

Noun

eudaemonics (uncountable)

  1. That part of ethics that deals with happiness; the science of happiness, contrasted with aretaics.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for eudaemonics in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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