happiness

happiness
noun Date: 15th century 1. obsolete good fortune ; prosperity 2. a. a state of well-being and contentment ; joy b. a pleasurable or satisfying experience 3. felicity, aptness

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  • Happiness — • The primary meaning of this term in all the leading European languages seems to involve the notion of good fortune, good chance, good happening Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Happiness     Happiness …   Catholic encyclopedia

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  • happiness — happiness,[/p] felicity, beatitude, blessedness, bliss all denote the enjoyment or pleasurable satisfaction that goes with well being. Happiness is the generic term applicable to almost any state of enjoyment or pleasurable satisfaction… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • happiness — (n.) 1520s, good fortune, from HAPPY (Cf. happy) + NESS (Cf. ness). Meaning pleasant and contented mental state is from 1590s. Phrase greatest happiness for the greatest number was in Hutcheson (1725) …   Etymology dictionary

  • happiness — index welfare Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • happiness — [n] high spirits, satisfaction beatitude, blessedness, bliss, cheer, cheerfulness, cheeriness, content, contentment, delectation, delight, delirium, ecstasy, elation, enchantment, enjoyment, euphoria, exhilaration, exuberance, felicity, gaiety,… …   New thesaurus

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