Hedonism is a philosophical doctrine which suggests that pleasure is the highest goal. From the Greek word hedonikos "pleasurable," and hedone "pleasure"
Histrionic: I actually had to look this one up! *hangs head in shame* According to the Webster's Dictionary (because I can't be bothered to buy an oxford when we have so many on campus...): "pertaining to a stage player or stage playing; theatrical; overdramatic; melodramatic; artificial; affected" (I cut out some of the synonyms because, as far as I can tell, the editors of this edition were paid by the redundancy...). According to www.etymonline.com, it was first used in 1648, from the Latin histrionicus "pertaining to an actor," from histrio (gen. histrionis) "actor," said to be of Etruscan origin.
Extraversion (which I'm taking directly from the etymonline site, because I'm lazy): "1916, extravert (spelled with -o- after 1918, by influence of introvert), from Ger. Extravert, from extra "outside" + L. vertere "to turn"see versus). With introvert, terms used in Eng. by
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Histrionic: I actually had to look this one up! *hangs head in shame*
According to the Webster's Dictionary (because I can't be bothered to buy an oxford when we have so many on campus...): "pertaining to a stage player or stage playing; theatrical; overdramatic; melodramatic; artificial; affected" (I cut out some of the synonyms because, as far as I can tell, the editors of this edition were paid by the redundancy...).
According to www.etymonline.com, it was first used in 1648, from the Latin histrionicus "pertaining to an actor," from histrio (gen. histrionis) "actor," said to be of Etruscan origin.
Extraversion (which I'm taking directly from the etymonline site, because I'm lazy): "1916, extravert (spelled with -o- after 1918, by influence of introvert), from Ger. Extravert, from extra "outside" + L. vertere "to turn"see versus). With introvert, terms used in Eng. by ( ... )
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