eudaemonic
adjUK /ˌjuːdɪˈmɒnɪk/ · US /ˌjudɪˈmɑnɪk/
Etymology From Ancient Greek εὐδαιμονικός (eudaimonikós), from εὐδαιμονία (eudaimonía, “happiness”), from εὐδαίμων (eudaímōn, “fortunate, happy”).
1
Of or pertaining to a eudaemon.
2
Producing satisfied happiness and well-being.
- 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.1993, Janina Frentzel-Zagórska, editor, From a One-Party State to Democracy: Transition in Eastern Europe, →ISBN, page 23:
- 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.2017 January 28, Teal Burrow, “Why am I here?”, in New Scientist, number 3110, page 32:
- Derived terms
- eudaemonically