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happyology

happyology noun: the study of happiness.

Noun

happyology (uncountable)

  1. The study of happiness.
    • A leader in the multi-disciplinary field of happyology is Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi of the University of Chicago, a psychology author and educator who has hunted optimal experiences as though they were butterflies.1980, World Press Review - Volume 40, page 22
    • Positive psychology is not happyology. Although happiness is an important goal for humanity and a worthy topic of study, positive psychology does not focus exclusively on the hedonistic pursuit of pleasure.2008, Stephen F. Davis, William Buskist, 21st century psychology: a reference handbook - Volume 2, →ISBN, page 203

Origin of happyology

From happy + -ology.

Questions about happyology

What does happyology mean?
Happyology means the study of happiness.
What part of speech is happyology?
Happyology is a noun.

Words near happyology in the dictionary

  1. happyish
  2. Happyland
  3. happyness
  4. happyologist
  5. happyologists
  6. happyology
  7. Happys
  8. hapram
  9. haps
  10. Hapsburg
  11. Hapsburgian

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