eudaemonic
Pronunciation
  • (RP) IPA: /ˌjuːdɪˈmɒnɪk/
  • (GA) IPA: /ˌjuɾɪˈmɑnɪk/
Adjective
  1. Of or pertaining to a eudaemon.
  2. That produces satisfied happiness and well-being.
    • 1993, edited by Janina Frentzel-Zagórska, From a One-Party State to Democracy: Transition in Eastern Europe, ISBN 905183523X, page 23 ↗:
      During the 1960s and 1970s, many communist leaderships sought to legitimate their rule increasingly through the eudaemonic mode; the various economic reforms in the USSR and Eastern Europe at the time constituted the major symbol of this.
    • 2017 January 28, Teal Burrow, Why am I here?, New Scientist, Issue 3110 ↗, page 32,
      In 2013, Cole examined the influence of well-being instead. He focused on two types: hedonic, from pleasure and rewards, and eudaemonic, from having a purpose beyond self-gratification.



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