pleasure
broad class of mental states that humans and other animals experience as positive, enjoyable, or worth seeking
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Summary
pleasure draws 3,988 Wikipedia views per month (positive emotion category, ranking #3 of 8).[1]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: happiness[2]
- Part of: theory of emotion[3], psychological terminology[4]
- Commons category: Pleasure[5]
- Said to be the same as: Ĝuo[6], Lust[7], enjoyment[8], pleasure[9]
- Opposite of: pain[10]
- Topic's main category: Category:Pleasure[11]
- Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12], Meyer’s Universum, Fünfzehnter Band[13]
- Equivalent class: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OMIT_0026900[14]
- Different from: pleasure[15]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[16]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Psychology[17], WikiProject Neuroscience[18], WikiProject Philosophy[19]
- P14439: 000858[20]
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Outcome and Impact
Things named for pleasure include Pleasure[21], a film[22], directed by Ninja Thyberg[23] and The Pleasure[24], a film[25], directed by Joe D'Amato[26].
Why It Matters
pleasure has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] pleasure is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]
Entities named for pleasure include Pleasure[21], a film[22], directed by Ninja Thyberg[23] and The Pleasure[24], a film[25], directed by Joe D'Amato[26].