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Hebephrenia refers to a silly and immature emotionality, a characteristic of some types of schizophrenia.
Hedge word refers to a way of speaking in which the speaker renounces or denies the validity of what he or she is saying by using certain words to decrease his or her perceived assertiveness.
Hedonic adaptation refers to the phenomenon that occurs when the mental scale that people use to judge the pleasantness and unpleasantness of their experiences shifts so that their ne
Hedonism: refers to the idea held by the classical school, that people only act according to what they find pleasurable and in their self-interest. Hedonism refers to a philosophical doctrine maintaining that sensory pleasure is the goal of life; the ethical doctrine holding that only what is pleasant or has pleasant consequences is intrinsically good.
Hedonist refers to a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self -gratification. Also Hedonistic, of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a Hedonist or Hedonism.