Eudemonist


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Eu`de´mon`ist


n.1.One who believes in eudemonism.
I am too much of a eudæmonist; I hanker too much after a state of happiness both for myself and others.
- De Quincey.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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