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Pleasure-seeking male teacher is married (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hedonism

'pleasure-seeking' is the definition.
(hedonism is the pursuit of pleasure)

'male teacher is married' is the wordplay.
'male' becomes 'he' (he refers to a man).
'teacher' becomes 'don' (don is a kind of teacher).
'married' becomes 'm'.
'he'+'don'+'is'+'m'='HEDONISM'

(Other definitions for hedonism that I've seen before include "The pusuit of pleasure as life's greatest good" , "Belief that pleasure is the highest good" , "Doctrine that pleasure is the highest good" , "The pursuit of happiness as a matter of principle" , "The belief that pleasure is the chief good in life" .)

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