adjective

A hedonic treadmill is not a piece of exercise equipment, but rather an analogy for the belief that an increase in material wealth does not necessarily mean an increase in a person's level of happiness. In other words, money does not buy happiness. A person riding the hedonic treadmill may experience a temporary surge or decrease in his or her.

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• Relating to, characterized by, or considered in terms of pleasant (or unpleasant) sensations.

  • ‘Other psychologists have proposed theories to account for the changes in behavior that take place when hedonic events follow the behavior.’
  • ‘And it is the contrast between that hedonic state and the expectation of reward when the discriminative stimuli appear, that determines the relative value of those stimuli.’
  • ‘Your top character traits are those that allow you to achieve meaningful happiness, instead of mere hedonic pleasure.’
  • ‘Is there a way out of the hedonic treadmill, the Western model of craving and attachment?’
  • ‘People view hedonic versus practical goods differently in terms of time and money spent to acquire them.’

Origin

Mid 17th century from Greek hēdonikos, from hēdonē ‘pleasure’. Tower of time characters.

The expression hedonic treadmill was coined in 1971 by psychologists P. Brickman and D. Campbell, and the concept is also sometimes known as the hedonistic treadmill or hedonic adaptation. The adjectives hedonic/hedonistic relate to the idea of (continually pursuing) pleasure, and are often associated with temporary sources of happiness like new purchases, which initially give you a sense of well-being but then lose their appeal over time. The word treadmill dates back to the early 1800s and in its literal sense describes a piece of equipment that you walk or run on whilst staying in the same position. Though today the word treadmill usually conjures up images of high-tech machines for improving fitness, treadmills were originally used as disciplinary instruments in prisons. The word’s use in hedonic treadmill is based on its common metaphorical reference to a situation which is frustratingly boring, repetitive and has no long-term benefits.