The root word for hedonism is "hedone," which means pleasure or enjoyment in Greek. Hedonism is a belief system that emphasizes seeking pleasure and avoiding pain as the ultimate goals in life.
Strong's Greek 619 is the closest word I can find that has that broad of a scope as it does in English. Apolausis is the word meaning to have the faculty or experience of enjoyment, to take pleasure in. Hope it helps.
The Greek word translated "grace" in the New Testament is charis, from which we get the modern word "charity." It is defined as, "that which affords joy, pleasure, delight, sweetness, charm, loveliness; good will, favor, merciful kindness."
The word for pleasure in Sanskrit is "Ananda."
Wine and pleasure went together, so: Dionysus.
The meaning of the Greek word 'hedone' is pleasure/enjoyment, she is the Roman goddess Voluptas (daughter of Cupid and Psyche); but for the Greeks she is Aphrodite who is also given the name Hedone as one of her various names.
Aphrodite is the Greek name of the Greek goddess of beauty, love, pleasure and and procreation..
it comes from the greek word indulgence meaning to to fill one`s desire for pleasure whether it be using chocolate to release endophrines in the body.
That would be Aphrodite.
The word 'pleasure' is a noun.
That is the correct spelling of the word "pleasure".
the french word for pleasure is : plaisir. It is masculine, so it is le plaisir. For example: C'est mon plaisir--it is my pleasure.