epicureanism

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

epicureanism
    n 1: a doctrine of hedonism that was defended by several ancient
         Greek philosophers

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Epicureanism \Ep`i*cu*re"an*ism\, n.
   Attachment to the doctrines of Epicurus; the principles or
   belief of Epicurus.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

34 Moby Thesaurus words for "epicureanism":
      Cyrenaic hedonism, Cyrenaicism, aesthetics, appetite,
      appetitiveness, artistic taste, connoisseurship, dilettantism,
      epicurism, ethical hedonism, eudaemonism, expertise, expertism,
      friandise, gastronomics, gastronomy, gourmandise, hedonic calculus,
      hedonics, hedonism, luxuriousness, luxury, pleasure principle,
      pleasure-loving, pleasure-seeking, psychological hedonism,
      sensualism, sensuality, sensualness, sybaritism, unchastity, virtu,
      virtuosity, voluptuousness