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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
eudaemonism /juːˈdiːmənɪz(ə)m/ (also eudemonism)

▶noun a system of ethics that bases moral value on the likelihood of actions producing happiness.

– derivatives
eudaemonist noun,
eudaemonistic adjective.

– origin C19: from Gk eudaimonismos ‘system of happiness’, from eudaimōn ‘happy’, from eu ‘well’ + daimōn ‘guardian spirit’.

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