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ENJOYMENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Act of receiving pleasure from something
Synonyms:
delectation; enjoyment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("enjoyment" is a kind of...):
activity (any specific behavior)
Derivation:
enjoy (take delight in)
enjoy (derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in)
enjoy (get pleasure from)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning property
Example:
we were given the use of his boat
Synonyms:
enjoyment; use
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("enjoyment" is a kind of...):
legal right (a right based in law)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "enjoyment"):
fair use (the conditions under which you can use material that is copyrighted by someone else without paying royalties)
fruition (enjoyment derived from use or possession)
Derivation:
enjoy (have benefit from)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The pleasure felt when having a good time
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("enjoyment" is a kind of...):
pleasance; pleasure (a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "enjoyment"):
joie de vivre (a keen enjoyment of living)
gusto; relish; zest; zestfulness (vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment)
Derivation:
enjoy (take delight in)
enjoy (derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in)
enjoy (get pleasure from)
Context examples:
Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) I look forward with enjoyment to things.
(HADS - I Look Forward with Enjoyment to Things, NCI Thesaurus)
Lady Middleton piqued herself upon the elegance of her table, and of all her domestic arrangements; and from this kind of vanity was her greatest enjoyment in any of their parties.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
Brief Pain Inventory Short Form (BPI Short Form) Circle the one number that describes how, during the past 24 hours, pain has interfered with your enjoyment of life.
(BPI Short Form - Pain Interfered with Enjoyment of Life, NCI Thesaurus)
A question about whether a person has or had pain that interfered with their enjoyment of life.
(Pain Interferes with Enjoyment of Life, NCI Thesaurus)
Since taste and smell are intimately linked in terms of the enjoyment of food, a deficiency in the ability to smell can lead to decreased food intake with possible malnutrition.
(Malignant Olfactory Nerve Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)
When Mr. Collins could be forgotten, there was really an air of great comfort throughout, and by Charlotte's evident enjoyment of it, Elizabeth supposed he must be often forgotten.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
A question about whether an individual had nausea that interfered with enjoyment of life during the past 24 hours.
(Nausea Interfered With Enjoyment of Life During Past 24 Hours, NCI Thesaurus)
Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) Circle the one number that describes how, during the past week, pain has interfered with your enjoyment of life.
(BPI - Pain Interfered with Enjoyment of Life, NCI Thesaurus)
On the contrary: we should take advantage of it, and make food enjoyment –the ‘slow food movement’– a tool for healthy eating, Miccoli points out.
(Obesity and food restrictions proven to be associated with less food enjoyment, University of Granada)
I walked along beside the surf with great enjoyment, till, thinking I was now got far enough to the south, I took the cover of some thick bushes and crept warily up to the ridge of the spit.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
