"eudemonia" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌjuːdɪˈməʊnɪə/ Audio: en-us-Eudamonia.ogg [US]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek εὐδαιμονία (eudaimonía), from εὐ- (eu-, “good”) + δαίμων (daímōn, “spirit, genius, demon”) + -ία (-ía, “feminine abstract substantive”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|εὐδαιμονία}} Ancient Greek εὐδαιμονία (eudaimonía), {{m|grc|εὐ-||good}} εὐ- (eu-, “good”), {{m|grc|δαίμων||spirit, genius, demon}} δαίμων (daímōn, “spirit, genius, demon”), {{m|grc|-ία||feminine abstract substantive}} -ία (-ía, “feminine abstract substantive”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} eudemonia (uncountable)
  1. Happiness, well-being. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-eudemonia-en-noun-yiyV0wEV
  2. (philosophy) A person's state of excellence characterized by objective flourishing across a lifetime, and brought about through the exercise of moral virtue, practical wisdom, and rationality. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Philosophy Translations (person's state of excellence characterized by objective flourishing across a lifetime): eudajmonia [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-eudemonia-en-noun-T6QrjiMk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 29 71 Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences Disambiguation of "person's state of excellence characterized by objective flourishing across a lifetime": 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: eudaemonia, eudæmonia, eudaimonia Related terms: eudaemon, eudaemonic, eudaemonism

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