HAPPINESS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of happiness in English

(Definition of happiness from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of happiness from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of happiness

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Yet the attempt to account for the value of happiness in purely hedonic terms seems to miss something.
While it does not necessarily shatter all of our illusions, it surely remains an insurmountable obstacle for any project of self-created human happiness.
This means that, at a given level of proficiency, happy, unhappy, and happiness are counted as one item.
Self-rated recent happiness, all things considered did not change significantly over the course of the programme.
Such an environmental reality did little to foster an outlook in which individual effort was a guarantee of happiness.
This notion of happiness is radically subjective in that people are free to choose whatever standards they like.
This begs the question : the adapters claim that minimal frustration means maximal happiness.
It also guarantees that the index has less missing values than overall happiness.
The rest of the day remains for solving the problems (indicated by hunger, thirst, and so on) that midday happiness kept hidden.
While visiting her son at college for the weekend, her reflections began when she noticed the "vitality and happiness" of a karaoke singer.
He was also acutely aware that too strong an insistence on virtue might threaten happiness.
However, it is perfectly allowable for other theodicists to disagree with his assessment of the relative values of free choice and happiness.
Satisfying the resulting new demand for luxury and non-luxury goods maximizes the happiness of a greater number of citizens.
The levels of happiness in both societies are fairly close to each other.
First, they refuse simply to equate well-being with professed happiness or satisfaction and, second, they place extra conditions on the judgments that count.
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Collocations with happiness

happiness

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domestic happiness
His wife made a deep impression wherever she was presented, and it was argued that domestic happiness would be the fitting crown of his public career.
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feeling of happiness
If this is done, one finds a feeling of happiness in the works, and that is the atmosphere we must have.
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future happiness
The future happiness of humankind can be ensured only by inventing and implementing new technologies and by devising and conducting social and political experiments.
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Translations of happiness

in Chinese (Traditional)
幸福,快樂…
in Chinese (Simplified)
幸福,快乐…
in Spanish
felicidad, felicidad [feminine]…
in Portuguese
felicidade, felicidade [feminine]…
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आनंदी असण्याची भावना…
幸せ, 幸福, 幸福(こうふく)…
mutluluk, saadet…
bonheur [masculine], bonheur…
felicitat…
blij-, tevredenheid, geluk…
மகிழ்ச்சியாக இருப்பது போன்ற உணர்வு…
खुशी, प्रसन्नता…
સુખ…
glæde, lykke…
lycka…
kegembiraan…
das Glück…
lykke [masculine], glede [masculine], lykke…
خوشی, خوشی کا احساس…
щастя…
счастье…
సంతోషంగా ఉన్న అనుభూతి…
سَعادة…
সুখ বা খুশীর অনুভূতি…
štěstí…
kebahagiaan…
ความสุข…
niềm hạnh phúc…
szczęście…
행복함…
felicità, allegria…
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