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Meaning of "antipleasure" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ANTIPLEASURE

antipleasure  [ˌæntɪˈplɛʒə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ANTIPLEASURE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Antipleasure is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ANTIPLEASURE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of antipleasure in the English dictionary

The definition of antipleasure in the dictionary is opposed to pleasure.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ANTIPLEASURE


admeasure
ædˈmɛʒə
commeasure
kəˈmɛʒə
countermeasure
ˈkaʊntəˌmɛʒə
displeasure
dɪsˈplɛʒə
leisure
ˈlɛʒə
made-to-measure
ˌmeɪdtəˈmɛʒə
measure
ˈmɛʒə
outmeasure
ˌaʊtˈmɛʒə
overmeasure
ˈəʊvəˌmɛʒə
pleasure
ˈplɛʒə
premeasure
priːˈmɛʒə
treasure
ˈtrɛʒə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ANTIPLEASURE

antiphonical
antiphonically
antiphonies
antiphony
antiphrasis
antiphrastic
antiphrastical
antipiracy
antiplague
antiplaque
antipoaching
antipodal
antipode
Antipodean
antipodes
Antipodes Islands
antipoetic
antipole
antipolice
antipolitical

WORDS THAT END LIKE ANTIPLEASURE

common measure
cubic measure
dry measure
economy measure
embrasure
erasure
for good measure
half measure
linear measure
liquid measure
made to measure
mismeasure
rasure
remeasure
safety measure
seasure
security measure
square measure
tape measure
to be sure
untreasure

Synonyms and antonyms of antipleasure in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «antipleasure» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ANTIPLEASURE

Find out the translation of antipleasure to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of antipleasure from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «antipleasure» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

antipleasure
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

antipleasure
570 millions of speakers

English

antipleasure
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

antipleasure
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

antipleasure
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

antipleasure
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

antipleasure
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

antipleasure
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

antipleasure
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Antiperasure
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

antipleasure
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

antipleasure
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

antipleasure
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Anteasure
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

antipleasure
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

antipleasure
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Antipleasure
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

antipleasure
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

antipleasure
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

antipleasure
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

antipleasure
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

antipleasure
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

antipleasure
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

antipleasure
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

antipleasure
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

antipleasure
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of antipleasure

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ANTIPLEASURE»

The term «antipleasure» is used very little and occupies the 152.129 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ANTIPLEASURE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about antipleasure

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ANTIPLEASURE»

Discover the use of antipleasure in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to antipleasure and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Pleasure Zone: Why We Resist Good Feelings and How to ...
In fact, our entire culture, with its roots in Puritanism, has a distinct antipleasure bias. Since early childhood, it's been drummed into us that life is full of sacrifices and that the pursuit of happiness, though a guaranteed freedom in the American  ...
Stella Resnick, 1998
2
The Intimate Connection: Male Sexuality, Masculine Spirituality
Long ago, when the two sexual dualisms (spirit over body, and man over woman) joined together, the antipleasure stage was set. "If it feels good, it must be wrong." Pleasure of all sorts seemed bodily, hence suspect. And because pleasure ...
James B. Nelson, 1988
3
Lilly on dolphins: humans of the sea
The antipleasure negative feelings are fear (escape), anger (attack), or pain referred to some specific body part. The above definitions and findings lead us to reinvestigate several basic instances of learning a language, for example in the ...
John Cunningham Lilly, 1975
4
Emotional Storm
There is a gruesome pleasure in addiction to antipleasure, destructive gratification. The death drive gets its own kinds of orgasmic satisfaction, and appropriation of the moral faculty to destroy life is a premier method. Destruction milks the juice ...
Michael Eigen, 2005
5
Growing in Christian Morality
Christianity is not antisex or antipleasure; the Christian tradition affirms that our sexuality is beautiful and good and meant to be enjoyed. But enjoyment of our genital sexual expression is meant to happen in a committed, lasting relation- Above ...
Julia Ahlers, Barbara Allaire, Carl Koch, 1996
6
TOBACCO DAYS: A Personal Journey
The industry masterplan includedrebutting studieswith their own experts; criticizing methodology, motivations and conclusionsof the medical research community; charging opponents withbeing antipleasure, unAmerican zealots;and distracting ...
Al Fritsch, SJ, 2010
7
Battleground: A-L
In this analysis, postfeminist rhetoric seeks to place all feminisms in an antipleasure, antimasculinity, antifemininity, and antifamily framework. Observers who claim that we live in a postfeminist society often believe that feminism has ...
Amy Lind, Stephanie Brzuzy, 2008
8
Big Science Secrets, Lies, and Mistakes: Shockingly Simple ...
... Decriminalize recreational drugs Decriminalize consensual adult prostitution Antipleasure ferver Consent-only health care (ending torture and unconsensual experimentation in the psychiatric hospitals) A “one-letter-equals-one-sound”, ...
Ted Huntington, 2012
9
Meaning at the Movies: Becoming a Discerning Viewer
God is not antipleasure, but he does not expect us to use pleasure for its own sake. We must always be asking ourselves, “What does God think about this?” We need to use any and all experiences with art and culture to practice biblical- critical ...
Grant Horner, 2010
10
The Pursuit of Pleasure
In the name of modesty and the antipleasure principle, they are obligated to describe their eminence and effectiveness as the fruit of earnest diligence, as the capstones of a sense of responsibility, as exquisitely demanding work. After the ...

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Antipleasure [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/antipleasure>. Apr 2024 ».
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