hedonist

[ heed-n-ist ]

/ ˈhid n ɪst /

a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification.

Also he·don·is·tic. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hedonist or hedonism.

Origin of hedonist

First recorded in 1855–60; see origin at hedonism, -ist

he·don·is·ti·cal·ly, adverb non·he·do·nis·tic, adjective non·he·do·nis·ti·cal·ly, adverb un·he·do·nis·tic, adjective

un·he·do·nis·ti·cal·ly, adverb

The old Don was a loving father and husband, and a hedonist.

What's Happened to Don Draper? Why Everyone’s Favorite ‘Mad Men’ Stud Needs His Mojo Back |Lizzie Crocker |April 16, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Walter Pater's fear that the word "hedonist" would be suspected as immoral came true in Wilde's books.

Unicorns |James Huneker
Youre a hedonist, Phineas, said Doggie, after a thoughtful pause.

The Rough Road |William John Locke
In an hedonist age pleasure has always sunk low, so that it has to be encouraged.

George Bernard Shaw |Gilbert K. Chesterton

But to be a hedonist implies a certain process of reasoning, a deliberate choice of known pleasures, a rejection of known pains.

Mortal Coils |Aldous Huxley
The mistake in the hedonist theory consists in making this conversion.

Historical materialism and the economics of Karl Marx |Benedetto Croce