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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EPICUREANISM

n.Attachment to the doctrines of Epicurus.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

EPICUREANISM

EPICUREANISM Ep `i *cu *re "an *ism, n.

Defn: Attachment to the doctrines of Epicurus; the principles or belief of Epicurus.

New American Oxford Dictionary

Epicureanism

Ep i cu re an ism |ˌepəkyəˈrēəˌnizəm, -ˈkyo͝orēə -ˌɛpəkjəˈriəˌnɪzəm | ▶noun an ancient school of philosophy founded in Athens by Epicurus. The school rejected determinism and advocated hedonism (pleasure as the highest good ), but of a restrained kind: mental pleasure was regarded more highly than physical, and the ultimate pleasure was held to be freedom from anxiety and mental pain, esp. that arising from needless fear of death and of the gods.

Oxford Dictionary

Epicureanism

Epicureanism |ˌɛpɪkjʊəˈriːəˌnɪz (ə )m | ▶noun [ mass noun ] an ancient school of philosophy founded in Athens by Epicurus. The school rejected determinism and advocated hedonism (pleasure as the highest good ), but of a restrained kind: mental pleasure was regarded more highly than physical, and the ultimate pleasure was held to be freedom from anxiety and mental pain, especially that arising from needless fear of death and of the gods.