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I don't think your personal life has anything to do with your professional life. They are separate things. Whatever is happening at home shouldn't be carried to work. Everyone has his/her own journey. Some revel in the fact that they derive that from personal contentment, and others draw it from extreme sorrow.
Abhishek Bachchan

Meaning of "contentment" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CONTENTMENT

contentment  [kənˈtentmənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONTENTMENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Contentment is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CONTENTMENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

contentment

Contentment

Human Contentments, by Edgard Farasyn Contentment is the acknowledgement and satisfaction of reaching capacity. The level of capacity reached may be sought after, expected, desired, or simply predetermined as the level in which provides contentment. Contentment is synonymous with happiness but is more basic or prior to happiness that can be derived from outer achievement or self-improvement. For this reason, colloquially, contentment is simply a way of accepting one's life state and being grateful or happy with it. Many see contentment as an attitude towards situations. It may even be argued that this attitude of contentment leads to more positive outcomes as a result of the relaxation that goes with being contented. In a somewhat more mystical sense, contentment can be understood as an innate state before any intellectual judgement about life situations has entered into the picture. Perhaps this is why little children are generally happy until their intellectual powers - such as their ability to judge what is good from bad and being trained to hold onto concepts - begin to form and then their mental and emotional stresses begin to emerge.

Definition of contentment in the English dictionary

The definition of contentment in the dictionary is the state or quality of being content.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CONTENTMENT


anointment
əˈnɔɪntmənt
apartment
əˈpɑːtmənt
appointment
əˈpɔɪntmənt
attaintment
əˈteɪntmənt
confrontment
kɒnˈfrʌntmənt
department
dɪˈpɑːtmənt
disappointment
ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntmənt
discontentment
ˌdɪskənˈtɛntmənt
disenchantment
ˌdɪsɪnˈtʃɑːntmənt
enchantment
ɪnˈtʃɑːntmənt
investment
ɪnˈvɛstmənt
miscontentment
ˌmɪskənˈtentmənt
ointment
ˈɔɪntmənt
presentment
prɪˈzɛntmənt
reappointment
ˌriːəˈpɔɪntmənt
recountment
rɪˈkaʊntmənt
relentment
rɪˈlɛntmənt
representment
ˌrɛprɪˈzɛntmənt
resentment
rɪˈzɛntmənt
statement
ˈsteɪtmənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CONTENTMENT

contender
contending
contendingly
contenement
content
content provider
content word
content-addressable storage
contentation
contented
contentedly
contentedness
contention
contentious
contentiously
contentiousness
contentless
contents
contents insurance
contents page

WORDS THAT END LIKE CONTENTMENT

adjustment
advertisement
allotment
assortment
commitment
compartment
cost-of-living adjustment
enactment
enlistment
fire department
fitment
foreign investment
graphic design department
indictment
one-room apartment
police department
recruitment
service department
State Department
studio apartment
the treatment

Synonyms and antonyms of contentment in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CONTENTMENT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «contentment» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of contentment

Translation of «contentment» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CONTENTMENT

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

Translator English - Chinese

满足
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

satisfacción
570 millions of speakers

English

contentment
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

संतोष
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الرضا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

довольство
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

contentamento
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

তৃপ্তি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

contentement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kepuasan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Zufriedenheit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

満足
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

만족
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kepuasan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vừa ý
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மனநிறைவு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

संतोष
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hoşnutluk
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

contentezza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zadowolenie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

достаток
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mulțumire
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ικανοποίηση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tevredenheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

belåtenhet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tilfredshet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of contentment

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CONTENTMENT»

The term «contentment» is quite widely used and occupies the 37.617 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CONTENTMENT» OVER TIME

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

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10 QUOTES WITH «CONTENTMENT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word contentment.
1
William Ames
In contentment and joy are found the height and perfection of all love towards our neighbor.
2
Henri Frederic Amiel
True humility is contentment.
3
Mary Antin
The apex of my civic pride and personal contentment was reached on the bright September morning when I entered the public school.
4
Kristin Armstrong
Disappointment is a sticky one, because no one can steal contentment, joy, gratitude, or peace - we have to give it away.
5
Abhishek Bachchan
I don't think your personal life has anything to do with your professional life. They are separate things. Whatever is happening at home shouldn't be carried to work. Everyone has his/her own journey. Some revel in the fact that they derive that from personal contentment, and others draw it from extreme sorrow.
6
Abu Bakr
There is greatness in the fear of God, contentment in faith of God, and honour in humility.
7
James Beattie
From labour health, from health contentment spring; contentment opes the source of every joy.
8
Sarah Ban Breathnach
Whatever we are waiting for - peace of mind, contentment, grace, the inner awareness of simple abundance - it will surely come to us, but only when we are ready to receive it with an open and grateful heart.
9
Harold Brodkey
I am sensible of the velocity of the moments, and entering that part of my head alert to the motion of the world I am aware that life was never perfect, never absolute. This bestows contentment, even a fearlessness.
10
Buddha
Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONTENTMENT»

Discover the use of contentment in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to contentment and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Finding contentment
Provides steps designed to help find inner security and satisfaction by looking inward and discovering one's "true self"
Neil Clark Warren, 1997
2
The Culture of Contentment
Traces the course of the economic comfort achieved by the politically dominant community during the Reagan-Bush era of the 1980s
John Kenneth Galbraith, 1993
3
Radical Contentment: The Power of Enough
In his warm, down-to-earth, and believable style, Alan Cohen offers fresh, unique, and uplifting angles on coming to peace with what is before you.
Alan Cohen, 2012
4
Glorious Contentment: The Grand Army of the Republic, 1865-1900
The Grand Army of the Republic, the largest of all Union Army veterans' organizations, was the most powerful single-issue political lobby of the late nineteenth century, securing massive pensions for veterans and helping to elect five ...
Stuart McConnell, 1997
5
Quarterly Essay 41 The Happy Life: The Search for ...
This is an essay to savour and reflect upon by one of Australia’s greatest novelists. “How is it, when the chief sources of human unhappiness, of misery and wretchedness, have largely been removed from our lives ... that happiness still ...
David Malouf, 2011
6
Beyond Happiness: The Zen Way to True Contentment
But Zen teacher Ezra Bayda shows us that it is only by dropping our pursuit of happiness and learning to surrender to what actually is--surrendering to the truth of our lived experience--that we can find the deepest and most lasting form of ...
Ezra Bayda, 2011
7
Career Contentment: Don't Settle for Anything Less!
A practical handbook helps readers learn how to recognize career contentment and how to leverage it to attract and enjoy meaningful work by using one's talents to fulfill one's individual calling and purpose, as well as how to find the ...
Jeffrey Garton, 2008
8
Cultivating Contentment
These topical guides deal with issues that women wrestle with today, such as friendship, encouragement, managing moods, finding contentment, and how to live out your faith.
Thomas Nelson, 2004
9
Contentment
" Instructive and wise, this gentle guide contains all the tools we need––including illustrative stories, myths, poems, and practical exercises––to seize true contentment in the here and now.
Robert A. Johnson, Jerry M. Ruhl, 2009
10
A Journey Toward Contentment
A Journey Toward Contentment is designed to help readers see that the Scriptures are alive and active.
Robyn Joy, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONTENTMENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term contentment is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The Moto Yogo story - Part I
... uniform and sat in perfect contentment on the cool marble floors of Westfield, savouring a smooth frozen yogurt with coconut and mango. «Simply Business knowledge, Jul 15»
2
Helen Osborne :Does a Glimpse at Happiness Make it More Painful …
Except it isn't really lost - according to the Buddhists, I just need to remove the obstacles that get in contentment's way. Happiness is our natural ... «Huffington Post UK, Jul 15»
3
Taking the temperature at Wimbledon
The mood at Wimbledon is one of contentment, and Mindshare has the data and the resource to create live feeds around the world. «Media Week, Jul 15»
4
Lambert: Why ask if Salem must remove a Bible verse? Of course not
... while religious words on monuments abound in all 50 states clearly show the intent of, and contentment with, the “establishment clause.”. «Roanoke Times, Jul 15»
5
The Siren Song of the Marathon
Expect tears, laughter, and the most perfect feeling of contentment and stillness you've ever known after crossing the finish line. Expect to be ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
6
Health checkup: Five health benefits of tidiness
Putting the house in order, tidying and reducing clutter can also lead to contentment, sometimes reducing anxiety, stress and depression. «Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Jul 15»
7
Denmark Has Always Bridged Its Political Differences Over Beer, But …
... Living Danishly: Uncovering the Secrets of the World's Happiest Country, makes a similar point: "The Danish have a deep contentment with ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
8
K-drama princess and her Cinderfella
... a marked contrast between the transactional relationship of U-ie's upper-class parents and the contentment of Sung's working-class parents. «The Straits Times, Jul 15»
9
Cambodian PM congratulates students from Turkish high school on …
The Cambodian prime minister also wished the students continued success and expressed contentment, saying, “I'm proud of these students. «Today's Zaman, Jul 15»
10
DB: Avijit killers inspired Oyasiqur's murderers
But they have expressed contentment with our findings.” He said the DB contacts with Bonya through the FBI officials in the US. SHARING A- ... «DhakaTribune, Jul 15»

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