hedonism vs saccharine

hedonism

noun
  • 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. 

saccharine

noun
  • Sentimentalism. 

adj
  • Excessively sweet in action or disposition, especially if romantic or sentimental to the point of ridiculousness; sickly sweet, syrupy. 

  • Resembling granulated sugar; saccharoid. 

  • Of or relating to saccharin (“a white, crystalline powder, C₇H₅NO₃S, used as an artificial sweetener in food products”). 

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