"gross national happiness" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} gross national happiness (uncountable)
  1. A particular indicator of a country's quality of life, developed in Bhutan in the 1970s. Wikipedia link: gross national happiness Tags: uncountable Categories (place): Bhutan Synonyms: Gross National Happiness Translations (Translations): རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་དགའ་སྐྱིད་དཔལ་འཛོམས (rgyal yongs dga' skyid dpal 'dzoms) (Dzongkha)

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