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Meaning of "pleasurability" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PLEASURABILITY

pleasurability  [ˌplɛʒərəˈbɪlɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PLEASURABILITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pleasurability 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 PLEASURABILITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

pleasurability

Pleasure

Pleasure describes the broad class of mental states that humans and other animals experience as positive, enjoyable, or worth seeking. It includes more specific mental states such as happiness, entertainment, enjoyment, ecstasy, and euphoria. In psychology, the pleasure principle describes pleasure as a positive feedback mechanism, motivating the organism to recreate in the future the situation which it has just found pleasurable. According to this theory, organisms are similarly motivated to avoid situations that have caused pain in the past. The experience of pleasure is subjective and different individuals will experience different kinds and amounts of pleasure in the same situation. Many pleasurable experiences are associated with satisfying basic biological drives, such as eating, exercise, sex or defecation. Other pleasurable experiences are associated with social experiences and social drives, such as the experiences of accomplishment, recognition, and service. The appreciation of cultural artifacts and activities such as art, music, and literature is often pleasurable.

Definition of pleasurability in the English dictionary

The definition of pleasurability in the dictionary is the characteristic of being pleasurable.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PLEASURABILITY


ability
əˈbɪlɪtɪ
accessibility
əkˌsɛsɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
accountability
əˌkaʊntəˈbɪlɪtɪ
availability
əˌveɪləˈbɪlɪtɪ
capability
ˌkeɪpəˈbɪlɪtɪ
compatibility
kəmˌpætɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
disability
ˌdɪsəˈbɪlɪtɪ
durability
ˌdjʊərəˈbɪlɪtɪ
eligibility
ˌɛlɪdʒɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
flexibility
ˌflɛksɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
inability
ˌɪnəˈbɪlɪtɪ
liability
ˌlaɪəˈbɪlɪtɪ
mobility
məʊˈbɪlɪtɪ
nobility
nəʊˈbɪlɪtɪ
possibility
ˌpɒsɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
probability
ˌprɒbəˈbɪlɪtɪ
reliability
rɪˌlaɪəˈbɪlɪtɪ
responsibility
rɪˌspɒnsəˈbɪlɪtɪ
stability
stəˈbɪlɪtɪ
visibility
ˌvɪzɪˈbɪlɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PLEASURABILITY

pleaser
pleasing
pleasingly
pleasingness
pleasurable
pleasurableness
pleasurably
pleasure
pleasure boat
pleasure craft
pleasure cruise
pleasure principle
pleasure steamer
pleasure trip
pleasure-loving
pleasure-seeker
pleasure-seeking
pleasureful
pleasureless
pleasurer

WORDS THAT END LIKE PLEASURABILITY

agility
credibility
facility
feasibility
fertility
functionality
hostility
humility
inevitability
instability
merchantability
profitability
suitability
susceptibility
sustainability
tranquility
usability
utility
variability
versatility
vulnerability

Synonyms and antonyms of pleasurability in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pleasurability» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PLEASURABILITY

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

Translator English - Chinese

娱乐项目之愉悦
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pleasurability
570 millions of speakers

English

pleasurability
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

pleasurability
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

pleasurability
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

pleasurability
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pleasurability
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

pleasurability
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pleasurability
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Keseronokan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

pleasurability
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

pleasurability
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

pleasurability
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pleasurabilitas
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

pleasurability
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

pleasurability
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आनंददायकता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

pleasurability
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

piacevolezza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pleasurability
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

pleasurability
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pleasurability
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

pleasurability
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pleasurability
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pleasurability
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pleasurability
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pleasurability

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PLEASURABILITY»

The term «pleasurability» is barely ever used and occupies the 202.003 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PLEASURABILITY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «pleasurability» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «pleasurability» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PLEASURABILITY»

Discover the use of pleasurability in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pleasurability and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Issues in Dermatology and Cosmetic Medicine: 2013 Edition
whether itch intensity is perceived differently at three different sites and to assess a potential correlation between the pleasurability and itch attenuation induced by scratching. Itch was induced on the forearm, ankle and back using cowhage ...
‎2013
2
Contemporary Ergonomics 1995
Before pleasurability can be engineered into a product, more concrete design criteria affecting these higher level issues will have to be established. This may he the subject of future studies. In the meantime, the high level criteria reported may ...
Ergonomics Society (Great Britain). Conference, S. A. Robertson, Struan Alexander Robertson, 1995
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Contemporary Ergonomics 2004
Synthesised speech could also be utilised and would prolong the life of the machine by accommodating worsening eye conditions. However, increasing functionality should not be at the cost of usability, pleasurability or learnability. The goal ...
Paul T. McCabe, 2004
4
Designing Pleasurable Products: An Introduction to the New ...
The identification of an issue with a likely effect on product pleasurability will be based on a particular characteristic or particular characteristics of a design. The investigator's specialist knowledge should lead directly to solutions as to how the  ...
Patrick W. Jordan, 2003
5
A Text Book Of Professional Communication
1 In this process of idea-filteration, imaginative fervour works wonders, which increase the quality of pleasurability of general writing. Jules Verne, for example, has written much for pleasurability and scientific interest both. Below has been ...
Subhash Ranade, 2006
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An Examination of Plato's Doctrines (RLE: Plato): Volume 1 ...
The intelligible facts in the sphere of morality, the facts which determine the plain man's opinions, but are not clearly apprehended in them, are facts about superior pleasurability. This explains why moral opinion offers only uncertain control ...
I. M. Crombie, 2012
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A Text Book of Scientific and Technical Communication ...
In this process of idea-filteration, imaginative fervour works wonders, which increase the quality of pleasurability of general writing. Jules Verne, for example, has written much for pleasurability and scientific interest both. Below has been given ...
S.D. Sharma, 2007
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Quoting Caravaggio: Contemporary Art, Preposterous History
The luscious, intense pleasurability of baroque images, the sculptural, touchable quality of the white within them, and the self-reflexivity that baroque point of view entails, go hand in hand. Both the pleasure and the metahistorical engagement ...
Mieke Bal, 2001
9
Contributions to Music Education
Several t test comparisons for group mean responses were conducted for the variables of importance and pleasurability (see Table 1 for group means and corresponding t values). The t test comparisons for group mean responses indicated ...
‎1987
10
Suffering Art Gladly: The Paradox of Negative Emotion in Art
How does the pleasurability of an experience of or engagement with a work of art relate to the value of such an engagement? Is the satisfaction somehow taken in painful emotion from art a distinctive phenomenon, or just an instance of ...
Jerrold Levinson, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PLEASURABILITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pleasurability is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Well | The Joy of (Just the Right Amount of) Sex
Studies associating sexual frequency and happiness may have missed the underlying link between the two, which is the pleasurability of the ... «New York Times, Jun 15»
2
The Oculus Rift Made Me Believe I Could Fly
I feel like Birdly managed to just get past some threshold of pleasurability and plausibility, so that I wanted to keep flying all night. It also made ... «Wired, Aug 14»
3
"All Joy and No Fun" puts modern parenting in perspective
... study by Nobel Prize-winning behavioral economist Daniel Kahneman that found child care ranked 16th in pleasurability out of 19 activities. «Chicago Tribune, Feb 14»
4
Rob Delaney's new book is about living dangerously – and what …
This involves preparing his offspring for everything life can throw his way, things "which can range in pleasurability from eating a fresh key lime ... «The Guardian, Nov 13»
5
4 Ways To Be A Happier Parent--One Mother's Experiment
The author, Jennifer Senior, referenced dour statistics like, in a survey of more than 900 Texas women, "child care ranked 16th in pleasurability ... «Co.Create, May 13»
6
An Outward-Oriented Marriage
This is unfortunate, as the sheer pleasurability of sex isn't really the ultimate end of marriage. It can certainly be a component, but it shouldn't be ... «Patheos, Jan 13»
7
Woman's Perfect Day Consists Of Little Work, Lots Of Play, Says …
From this data, Kroll and Pokutta created a "perfect" 16-hour day, taking into account pleasurability of each activity as well as utility. «Huffington Post, Nov 12»
8
Studies Explain Why That Itch Needs Scratching
Where the decision to scratch occurs; How motions are adjusted in response to itch relief; The pleasurability of scratching; Patterns of brain ... «MedPage Today, May 12»
9
Some Body Parts More Satisfying to Scratch
Feb. 2, 2012 -- You've got to love a scientific paper entitled “The Pleasurability of Scratching an Itch.” We've all been there, done that: "Ahhh." But did you know ... «WebMD, Feb 12»
10
Scratching Feels Better on Certain Parts of Your Body
In addition, "the pleasurability of scratching the ankle appears to be longer lived compared to the other two sites," Yosipovitch said. For the back ... «LiveScience.com, Jan 12»

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