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PRONUNCIATION OF PLEASURABLENESS

pleasurableness  [ˈplɛʒərəbəlnəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PLEASURABLENESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pleasurableness 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 PLEASURABLENESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

pleasurableness

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 pleasurableness in the English dictionary

The definition of pleasurableness in the dictionary is the quality of being enjoyable, agreeable, or gratifying.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PLEASURABLENESS


adorableness
əˈdɔːrəbəlnəs
availableness
əˈveɪləbəlnəs
charitableness
ˈtʃærɪtəbəlnəs
comfortableness
ˈkʌmfətəbəlnəs
dependableness
dɪˈpendəbəlnəs
feasibleness
ˈfiːzəbəlnəs
honourableness
ˈɒnərəbəlnəs
inscrutableness
ɪnˈskruːtəbəlnəs
invariableness
ɪnˈvɛərɪəbəlnəs
knowableness
ˈnəʊəbəlnəs
movableness
ˈmuːvəbəlnəs
mutableness
ˈmjuːtəbəlnəs
palatableness
ˈpælətəbəlnəs
questionableness
ˈkwɛstʃənəbəlnəs
serviceableness
ˈsɜːvɪsəbəlnəs
suitableness
ˈsuːtəbəlnəs
tenableness
ˈtɛnəbəlnəs
uncomfortableness
ʌnˈkʌmfətəbəlnəs
unprofitableness
ʌnˈprɒfɪtəbəlnəs
unsuitableness
ʌnˈsuːtəbəlnəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PLEASURABLENESS

pleaser
pleasing
pleasingly
pleasingness
pleasurability
pleasurable
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 PLEASURABLENESS

adhesiveness
appropriateness
attentiveness
attractiveness
awareness
awesomeness
brand awareness
business
closeness
competitiveness
completeness
cost-effectiveness
cuteness
effectiveness
hoarseness
likeness
oneness
responsiveness
self-awareness
soreness
uniqueness

Synonyms and antonyms of pleasurableness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pleasurableness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PLEASURABLENESS

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

Translator English - Chinese

pleasurableness
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

agradable de las mismas
570 millions of speakers

English

pleasurableness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

pleasurableness
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

pleasurableness
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

pleasurableness
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pleasurableness
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

pleasurableness
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pleasurableness
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Keseronokan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

pleasurableness
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

pleasurableness
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

pleasurableness
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pleasurableness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

pleasurableness
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

pleasurableness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आनंददायकता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

pleasurableness
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

piacevolezza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pleasurableness
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

pleasurableness
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pleasurableness
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

pleasurableness
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pleasurableness
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pleasurableness
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pleasurableness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pleasurableness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PLEASURABLENESS»

The term «pleasurableness» is normally little used and occupies the 150.767 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PLEASURABLENESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «pleasurableness» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «pleasurableness» 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 pleasurableness

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PLEASURABLENESS»

Discover the use of pleasurableness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pleasurableness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Indian Psychology Perception
And this knowledge of the pleasurableness of the fruit perceived is nothing but the knowledge of its acceptability, because acceptability is nothing but pleasurableness. Hence there is no paramarsajnana, or inference, in an act of perception.
Jadunath Sinha, 2013
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Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Mill on Utilitarianism
9 Mill can suggest, then, that the higher pleasure is valuable because of its pleasurableness, and thus avoid the first horn ofthe dilemma.The only way in whichthe lower pleasure could outweigh thehigher pleasure wouldbefor its nature to be ...
Roger Crisp, 2002
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The Nectar of Manjushri's Speech: A Detailed Commentary on ...
It is transformed by the powerful sense of bliss into a sensation of mere pleasurableness; it is experienced as a sort of subtle pleasure. It nevertheless remains what it is, like a clear crystal stained with vermilion, which looks red but is still a ...
Kunzang Pelden, 2011
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Science and Philosophy (Routledge Revivals): And Other Essays
If, in the deliberation which is to be represented as calculation, an object becomes more attractive, it must have been shown to carry with it a new pleasure which has had to be added to its original pleasurableness. If it becomes less attractive, ...
Bernard Bosanquet, 2013
5
Time and Ethics
Hedonists appeal to the thought that our individual well-being is a matter just of our agreeable and disagreeable mental states, and that increase of pleasurableness and decrease of painfulness are the only two sorts of benefit.14 Beyond ...
H. L. Dyke, 2003
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The Nectar of Manjushri's Speech: A Detailed Commentary on ...
It is transformed by the powerful sense of bliss into a sensation of mere pleasurableness; it is experienced as a sort of subtle pleasure.It nevertheless remains what it is, like a clear crystal stained with vermilion, which looks red but is still a clear ...
Kun-bzaṅ-dpal-ldan (Mkhan-po.), 2007
7
Human Factors in Product Design: Current Practice and Future ...
Organising them in diagrams in which the subjective data (scale of pleasurableness) are correlated to the objective data (measure of the pleasurableness degree parameters of the objects). Each parameter will have its diagram with the ...
W. Green, Patrick W. Jordan, 1999
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Plato: Plato: The Written and Unwritten Doctrines
In the same way, when painful activities are said to be good, the meaning is that, while they may be painful at the moment, they will lead to consequences that outweigh them in pleasurableness. The pleasurable and the painful are, in fact, ...
John Niemeyer Findlay, 2012
9
Philosophy, the Good, the True and the Beautiful
Is anything like this true of pleasurableness on our account? No, for it would seem (as Moore himself mentions) that its pleasurableness does belong to the intrinsic nature of an experience. However, we would bring pleasure very close to  ...
Anthony O'Hear, 2000
10
Views in Theology
sovereign appointment of God. It is not a greater pleasurableness of the one that is the reason of its being commanded, por an inferior pleasurableness of the other that is the reason of its being prohibited, nor the pleasurableness or ...
‎1833

9 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PLEASURABLENESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pleasurableness is used in the context of the following news items.
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Waxy O'Connor's, Plainville
From the many starters, we can attest to the pleasurableness of the New England clam chowder and the addictive quality of the crack balls, ... «Hartford Courant, Apr 15»
2
10 Pieces Of Retro Marital Advice That Have No Place In The …
To the man it makes no difference in the pleasurableness of the act whether you are frigid or not unless he knows that you are frigid. And he ... «Huffington Post, Feb 15»
3
Michael Jensen ABC Religion and Ethics 6 Jan 2015
... not the fear of non-being or the fear of judgement, but rather the fear that we will live beyond the functionality and pleasurableness of our own ... «ABC Local, Jan 15»
4
Children Need to See a Different Face of Poetry - Ikeogu Oke
One is that poetry is rather unpopular due to how some "poets" write it, with hardly any regard for meaningfulness and pleasurableness. «AllAfrica.com, Mar 14»
5
Crown & Kettle pub - is this the most beautiful ceiling in Manchester?
Ossett 'Silver King' (abv 4.3%) is the house regular bitter and perfect for easy drinking, starter-for-ten, hop pleasurableness. It was perfectly kept ... «Manchester Evening News, Mar 14»
6
Aqua Amara: Bulgari's gem from the sea
“The pleasurableness of freshness allied with mineral ingredients, and notes of wood and olibanum express the richness of the Roman world ... «The Star Online, Feb 14»
7
The Wolf of Wall Street - film review
... Reed — just in case we had any doubts about the pleasurableness of what we're seeing, there's walloping musical endorsement throughout, ... «Evening Standard, Jan 14»
8
Aging as a Spiritual Journey
underlying religious chant that gives a certain pleasurableness to experiencing. the ambiguity of lifeʼs experiences. In my eighth decade, ... «Huffington Post, Nov 13»
9
My Five Favorite Guilty Pleasure Foods
The following edible treats might not be all that good for you, but at least you'll die happy. My faves in ascending order of guilty pleasurableness ... «Village Voice, Apr 11»

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