hedonic

• This desperate, presumably futile struggle for continued improvement is called the hedonic treadmill. —  10,000 Birds
• Frankly, I look at it more like a hedonic hamster wheel; while we run and run in our isolated spheres, we frequently forget that the essential elements for happiness are all around us. —  10,000 Birds
• A second caveat is procedure called hedonic or felicific that the terms physical or mental should not calculus, for determining how much be taken too literally: physical pain or pleasure and pain would result from any suffering, as a matter of fact, happens action. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
• For during his painful experience, he maintains his "meta-hedonic" indifference to the pain, and so we might think that he achieves a state of emotional calm, and so doesn't really "suffer" from his pain in the ordinary way. —  Philosophy, et cetera
• Hanging over our heads was the payments due for the hedonic travel plans, although we had set aside a chunk of that expense months ago (with and understanding the auto purchase would take a back seat). —  TierneyLab

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