- Cyrenaicism
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New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
Cyrenaicism
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Cyrenaic — noun Etymology: Latin cyrenaicus, from Greek kyrēnaikos, from Kyrēnē Cyrene, Africa, home of Aristippus, author of the doctrine Date: 1586 an adherent of the doctrine that pleasure is the chief end of life • Cyrenaic adjective • Cyrenaicism noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
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appetite — Synonyms and related words: Cyrenaic hedonism, Cyrenaicism, alacrity, an universal wolf, animation, animus, anxiety, anxiousness, appetence, appetency, appetition, appetitiveness, avidity, avidness, bent, bias, breathless impatience, canine… … Moby Thesaurus
