as in luxurious
given to or marked by excessive gratification of one's desires
a hedonistic lifestyle a city known for its hedonistic nightlife
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The eight-part series will land on BBC3 and iPlayer later this year, featuring a cast led by Ellis Howard (Catherine the Great) who plays Byron, a working-class school kid who escapes a small town for Nottingham and discovers more than just the hedonistic world of the noughties clubbing scene.
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Jake Kanter, Deadline, 20 Mar. 2025
That obviates your basic hedonistic predilection / For a rhythmic stroking of your fur to demonstrate affection.
—Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 19 Mar. 2025
His legacy is alive and well, though, because people still wax lyrical about his glory days, correlating their youth to his hedonistic ways.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
Then there’s Baz Luhrmann’s 2013 film, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, which stages Gatsby as a hectic and hedonistic swirl of parties and violence.
—Constance Grady, Vox, 7 Mar. 2025
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Jake Kanter, Deadline, 20 Mar. 2025
That obviates your basic hedonistic predilection / For a rhythmic stroking of your fur to demonstrate affection.
—Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 19 Mar. 2025
His legacy is alive and well, though, because people still wax lyrical about his glory days, correlating their youth to his hedonistic ways.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
Then there’s Baz Luhrmann’s 2013 film, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, which stages Gatsby as a hectic and hedonistic swirl of parties and violence.
—Constance Grady, Vox, 7 Mar. 2025
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“Hedonistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hedonistic. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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