"Eudaimonia" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˌjuːdɪˈməʊnɪə/
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek εὐδαιμονίᾱ (eudaimoníā, literally “happiness, well-being”). Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|grc|εὐδαιμονίᾱ|lit=happiness, well-being}} Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek εὐδαιμονίᾱ (eudaimoníā, literally “happiness, well-being”) Head templates: {{en-prop}} Eudaimonia
  1. (Greek mythology) One of the Charites. Tags: Greek Categories (topical): Greek deities, Ancient Greece
    Sense id: en-Eudaimonia-en-name-b-kYOPuC Disambiguation of Ancient Greece: 81 19 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 66 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 70 30 Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences

Noun

IPA: /ˌjuːdɪˈməʊnɪə/
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek εὐδαιμονίᾱ (eudaimoníā, literally “happiness, well-being”). Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|grc|εὐδαιμονίᾱ|lit=happiness, well-being}} Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek εὐδαιμονίᾱ (eudaimoníā, literally “happiness, well-being”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} Eudaimonia (uncountable)
  1. (ethics) In Aristotelian ethics, a condition of living a life of the highest virtue; the state of human flourishing, which is desirable in and of itself, rather than as a means towards some other end. Wikidata QID: Q1771260 Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Ethics Related terms: eudaemon, eudaemonic, eudaemonism Translations (human flourishing): εὐδαιμονίᾱ (eudaimoníā) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), 終極幸福 (Chinese Cantonese), 终极幸福 (zung¹ gik⁶ hang⁶ fuk¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 終極幸福 (Chinese Mandarin), 终极幸福 (zhōngjí xìngfú) (Chinese Mandarin), eudajmonia [feminine] (Polish), eudaimonia [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-Eudaimonia-en-noun-en:Q1771260 Topics: ethics, human-sciences, philosophy, sciences

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