gross national happiness
gross national happiness noun: a particular indicator of a country's quality of life, developed in Bhutan in the 1970s.
Noun (1)
gross national happiness (uncountable)
- 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
- Kannemann is working with three other U.S. universities to build a methodology that can be exported to other countries. Each country can then rank itself, as Britain will be doing, on a scale of gross national happiness.2005 March 15, Michael Johnson, “Meanwhile: Looking for happiness in all the wrong places”, in New York Times, retrieved 28 Jun 2011
Noun (2) capitalized: Gross National Happiness
Gross National Happiness (uncountable)
- Alternative form of gross national happiness.
Forms of gross national happiness
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Questions about gross national happiness
- What does gross national happiness mean?
- Gross national happiness means a particular indicator of a country's quality of life, developed in Bhutan in the 1970s.
- What part of speech is gross national happiness?
- Gross national happiness is a noun.
Words near gross national happiness in the dictionary
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