epicureanism vs philosophy

epicureanism and philosophy both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
epicureanism	Yes	No	No	No
philosophy	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, philosophy is a hypernym of epicureanism; that is, philosophy is a word with a broader meaning than epicureanism:

epicureanism: a doctrine of hedonism that was defended by several ancient Greek philosophers
philosophy: a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school

Other hypernyms of epicureanism include doctrine, ism, philosophical system, school of thought.

epicureanism (noun)	philosophy (noun)
a doctrine of hedonism that was defended by several ancient Greek philosophers	the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics
	a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
	any personal belief about how to live or how to deal with a situation