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Cyrenaic

Definition of Cyrenaic

adjective

  • denoting the hedonistic school of philosophy founded circa 400 bc by Aristippus the Elder of Cyrene, which holds that pleasure is the highest good and that virtue is to be equated with the ability to enjoy.

noun

  • a follower of the Cyrenaic school of philosophy.

Derivatives

Cyrenaicism

noun

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Definition of Cyrenaic in the US English dictionary
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