Happiness

See also attitudes; moods

ataraxia

a state of tranquility free from anxiety and emotional disturbance. —ataractic, ataraxic, adj.

athedonia

an inability to be happy. —athedonic, adj.

cheromania

an extreme love for gaiety.

cherophobia

an abnormal fear of gaiety.

eudemonics, eudaemonics

1. an art or means of acquiring happiness; eudemonism.

2. the theory of happiness. —eudemonia, n. —eudemonic, eudemonical, adj.

eudemonism, eudaemonism

Ethics. a moral system based upon the performance of right actions to achieve happiness. —eudemonist, eudaemonist, n.

euphoria

1. a state of happiness and well-being.

2. Psychiatry. an exaggerated state of happiness, with no foundation in truth or reality. —euphoric, adj.

jocundity

the quality or condition of being merry or cheerful. —jocund, adj.

jovialist

Obsolete, a person who leads a merry life.

joviality

1. the quality or state of being merry or jovial.

2. festivity.

jucundity

Obsolete. the condition or act of being pleasant.

macarism

the practice of making others happy through praise and felicitation. —macarize, v.