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funktionslust

funktionslust noun: a sense of joy or wellbeing an animal (including a human) gets from doing that which it is meant to do.

Noun

funktionslust (uncountable)

  1. A sense of joy or wellbeing an animal (including a human) gets from doing that which it is meant to do.
    • It's also argued that running is central to what keeps us most human and healthy - that in running, humans experience funktionslust.2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, page 124

Origin of funktionslust

Borrowed from German Funktionslust.

Questions about funktionslust

What does funktionslust mean?
Funktionslust means a sense of joy or wellbeing an animal (including a human) gets from doing that which it is meant to do.
What part of speech is funktionslust?
Funktionslust is a noun.

Words near funktionslust in the dictionary

  1. funkster
  2. funksters
  3. funkstick
  4. funksticks
  5. funktastic
  6. funktionslust
  7. funky
  8. funky fresh
  9. funless
  10. funlessly
  11. funlessness

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