pleasurableness

Definition of pleasurablenessnext

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Noun
  • Over-apologizing often stems from social conditioning around agreeableness, humility and conflict avoidance — traits women are still rewarded for socially, even when they’re penalized professionally.
    Kelly Ehlers, Rolling Stone, 2 June 2026
  • The experiment consisted of examining human traits such as extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability, openness, empathy, etc.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
Noun
  • The researchers found that people's accuracy in distinguishing sugar from sweetener depended heavily on expectations, and pleasantness ratings also shifted accordingly.
    Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Surely there was something more beneath all this mild pleasantness, some edge of resentment, a few shards of indignation on the brink of cutting through.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • They are built through stronger desirability, sharper pricing power and greater emotional connection.
    Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • For so long, femininity has been tied to long hair as beauty, softness, desirability, identity.
    Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 17 June 2026
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“Pleasurableness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pleasurableness. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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