eudemonic

eudemonic
/yooh'di mon"ik/, adj.
1. pertaining or conducive to happiness.
2. pertaining to eudemonics or eudemonism.
Also, eudaemonic.
[1825-35; < Gk eudaimonikós. See EUDEMON, -IC]

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