"happiness" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈhæpinɪs/ Audio: en-us-happiness.ogg [US] Forms: happiness [singular], happinesses [plural]
Etymology: happy + -ness Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|happy|ness}} happy + -ness Head templates: {{noun|2=happinesses}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Happiness is the emotion of being happy; joy. Synonyms: pleasure, joy
    Sense id: simple-happiness-en-noun-xM8L3WbG
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -ness
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