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means a feeling of great happiness or delight, often bright and welling up from within
from From Old French 'joie,' descending from Latin 'gaudium' meaning gladness, rooted in the verb 'gaudere,' to rejoice. The same Latin spring feeds 'rejoice,' 'gaudy,' and 'enjoy' — a whole family of brightness flowing from one old word for delight.
- brain chemistry
- Dopamine spikes more from anticipation than the reward itself
- contagious
- Smiling is detectable in voices over the phone
- body cost
- Genuine laughter burns real calories and lowers blood pressure
- origin
- Word comes from Latin gaudia, meaning delights
- durability
- Studied as separate from happiness, surviving even grief
for instance
joy division — british post-punk band formed in manchester, 1976, named after a nazi concentration camp division