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Definition of: Benthamism
(ben′thəm·iz′əm) noun
The political and ethical philosophy of Jeremy Bentham, who taught that nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure, and that pleasure is the supreme end of life.
—Ben′tham·ite (-īt) noun
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