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Noun: Cyrenaicism
  1. (philosophy) The doctrine of Cyrenaics that people should ultimately aim at the pleasure of the present moment, disregarding future pain that could result from it.
    "Cyrenaicism deduces a single, universal aim for all people which is pleasure."

Type of: philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory

Encyclopedia: Cyrenaicism