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GNH

GNH is the initialism of gross national happiness.

Meaning of gross national happiness

Noun

gross national happiness (uncountable)

  1. A particular indicator of a country's quality of life, developed in Bhutan in the 1970s.
    • King Jigme's goal, he says, is to increase the gross national happiness, and to that end he spends weeks traveling his Himalayan realm, in a Toyota Land Cruiser until the roads end and then on horseback or by foot, inquiring about what it would take to make people content.1998 December 21, Tim McGirk, “Mystery in the Hills”, in Time

Questions about GNH

What is GNH the initialism of?
GNH is the initialism of gross national happiness.

Words near GNH in the dictionary

  1. gnetophytes
  2. gnetumontanin
  3. gnew
  4. gng
  5. gngs
  6. GNH
  7. GNI
  8. gnib
  9. gnidimacrin
  10. Gniew
  11. Gniezno

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