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hedonics

hedonics Hedonics is the study of pleasurable and painful states of consciousness, including their nature, changes, development, causes, and effects.

Hedonics is the study of pleasurable and painful states of consciousness, including their nature, changes, development, causes, and effects. In this historical usage, hedonic can refer to either pleasure or pain, not pleasure alone.

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Drafting source: Baldwin Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, 1901. 1901 New York Macmillan original; archive index checked 2026-10-18. “Hedonic (1) and Hedonics (2)” (Hedonic).
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