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Synonyms for sybaritism


Grammar : Noun
Spell : sib-uh-rahyt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɪb əˌraɪt

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Définition of sybaritism

Origin :
  • "person devoted to pleasure," 1610s (implied in Sybaritical), literally "inhabitant of Sybaris," ancient Greek town in southern Italy, whose people were noted for their love of luxury. From Latin Sybarita, from Greek Sybarites.
  • As in debauchery : noun immoral self-indulgence
  • As in decadence : noun perversion; deterioration of morality
Example sentences :
  • As a fact, this remark about her sybaritism was only a jest.
  • Extract from : « Mauprat » by George Sand
  • It was a complete reaction against the Sybaritism we had enjoyed in the warm and flowery plain of Bathang.
  • Extract from : « Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China » by Evariste Regis Huc
  • We have lived for so long a life of sybaritism that we have forgotten the sentiments of our fathers.
  • Extract from : « Letters to an Unknown » by Prosper Mrime
  • He was somewhat inclined to sybaritism; not quite emancipated from the tendencies of his bourgeois youth.
  • Extract from : « Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist » by Alexander Berkman
  • Then yielding to an involuntary fit of sybaritism, I unhooked the bellows and tried to get the fire to burn.
  • Extract from : « Monsieur, Madame and Bebe, Complete » by Gustave Droz

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