eudemonia

eudemonia
/yooh'di moh"nee euh/, n.
1. happiness; well-being.
2. Aristotelianism. happiness as the result of an active life governed by reason.
Also, eudaemonia.
[ < Gk eudaimonía. See EUDEMON, -IA]

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