Pleasure
Pleasure
Pleasure (/ˈplɛʒər/; from Old French pleisir, "to please") is a 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.
Etymology
The term "pleasure" is derived from the Old French pleisir, which means "to please". The word was adopted into Middle English around the 14th century.
Definition
In psychology, pleasure is often defined as a positive experience that is associated with certain types of activities or stimuli. It is considered a subjective experience, meaning it can vary greatly between individuals. Pleasure can be derived from a wide range of activities, including eating, exercising, socializing, and engaging in hobbies or interests.
Related Terms
- Happiness: A state of well-being and contentment; joy.
- Entertainment: Something affording pleasure, diversion, or amusement.
- Enjoyment: The state or process of deriving pleasure from something.
- Ecstasy: A state of overwhelming emotion; especially : rapturous delight.
- Euphoria: A feeling of well-being or elation.
See Also
- Pain: An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage.
- Reward system: A group of neural structures responsible for incentive salience (i.e., motivation and "wanting", desire, or craving for a reward), associative learning (primarily positive reinforcement and classical conditioning), and positively-valenced emotions, particularly ones which involve pleasure as a core component (e.g., joy, euphoria and ecstasy).
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Pleasure
- Wikipedia's article - Pleasure
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