The culmination of sexual pleasure, an orgasm.
A rhetorical device in which a series is arranged in ascending order.
The final term of a rhetorical climax.
A culmination or acme: the last term in an ascending series
The culmination of a narrative's rising action, the turning point.
The culmination of ecological development, whereby species are in equilibrium with their environment.
To reach or bring to a climax (in any sense).
A general devotion to the pursuit of pleasure.
The belief that pleasure or happiness is the highest good in life. Some hedonists, such as the Epicureans, have insisted that pleasure of the entire mind, not just pleasure of the senses, is the highest good.