Happiness
Mental state, noted for pleasant emotions / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Several terms redirect here. For other uses, see Happiness (disambiguation), Happy (disambiguation), Gladness (disambiguation), and Jolly (disambiguation).
"Enjoyment" redirects here. For the 2005 video album by Kaiser Chiefs, see Enjoyment (video).
"Cheerful" redirects here. For Royal Navy destroyer, see HMS Cheerful (1897).
Happiness is a positive and pleasant emotion, ranging from contentment to intense joy. Moments of happiness may be triggered by positive life experiences or thoughts, but sometimes it may arise from no obvious cause. The level of happiness for longer periods of time is more strongly correlated with levels of life satisfaction, subjective well-being, flourishing and eudaimonia. In common usage, the word happy can be an appraisal of those measures themselves or as a shorthand for a "source" of happiness (for example, "find happiness in life" as in finding the meaning in life). As with any emotion, the precise definition of happiness has been a perennial debate in philosophy.
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