Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun utilitarianism

1 sense of utilitarianism

Sense 1
utilitarianism -- (doctrine that the useful is the good; especially as elaborated by Jeremy Bentham and James Mill; the aim was said to be the greatest happiness for the greatest number)
       => doctrine, philosophy, philosophical system, school of thought, ism -- (a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school)