Happiness Singular, nominative case, inanimate, neuter.
1. A state of absolute satisfaction with life, a feeling of highest pleasure and joy. 2. a) Success, luck. b) A happy accident, a happy coincidence. 2. predicative 3. About the state of being very good. 4. About luck, luck accompanying someone. Dictionary by Efremova T.F.
1. The feeling and state of complete, highest satisfaction. S. creation. Pursuit of happiness. Family village 2. Success, luck. In everything s. to whom^n. There would have been no happiness, but misfortune helped (ate). * Fortunately or luckily, enter, ate. - expresses satisfaction about something. For good luck - 1) enter, eat., the same as for good luck. Luckily for me, everything ended well; 2) to have luck. Give me your hand for luck. Your (mine, his, etc.) happiness is that... (colloquial) - you (me, him, etc.) are lucky that... Your happiness is that everything turned out well. Dictionary of Ozhegov S.I.
1. Happiness, 1. A state of contentment, well-being, joy from the fullness of life, from satisfaction with life. And with the happiness of the people, joy began to bloom in villages and towns. Ryleev. Give me freedom, I will find happiness myself! Bratnsky. He sang the embodiment of people's happiness. Nekrasov. The question of personal happiness is not simple. Mayakovsky. “I have been reigning peacefully for six years now.” But there is no happiness for my soul. Pushkin. He boasts of his womanly happiness. Chekhov. Murashkina beamed with happiness. Chekhov. Live in happiness. You are obliged to make the woman you love happy. A. Ostrvsky. 2. The same as the embodiment of the feeling of love. And happiness was so possible. Pushkin. Habit has been given to us from above, it is a substitute for happiness. Pushkin. I wander around the world without love, without happiness. A. Koltsov. 2. success, luck (mostly random). The sun doesn't shine forever, happiness doesn't always shine. Nekrasov. There would be no happiness, but misfortune would help. Proverb. He has no happiness in the game. 3. Fate, share, fate (colloquial, regional). To each his own happiness. Proverb. We are so lucky to be on the bridge with a cup. Proverb. 4. Im. n. happiness used as well as the predicate of the main sentence in meaning. very good, extremely pleasant (colloquial). Yes! lucky to have a son like that. Griboyedov. I'm happy that everything worked out so well. І have happiness with inf. - see have in 6 digits. To (my, yours, etc.) happiness or fortunately (for me, you, etc.) or for (mine, yours, etc.) happiness - used. in meaning an introductory word when expressing satisfaction about something, to indicate luck, success. Where to go? Fortunately, dry oak caught my eye. Krylov. Luckily for me, the suitcase with the rest of my things remained intact. Lrmnt. The blizzard, fortunately for us, has subsided. For someone's happiness - to have luck, to be lucky (with the help of someone). Give me your hand for luck. Try to cast a net for luck on Petrovo. A. Maikov. Fortunately - the same as fortunately. Luckily, the crane happened to be close here. Krylov. My happiness (yours, his, etc.) is that... - it turned out well for me (you, him, etc.). You are lucky that you arrived on time. Dictionary by Ushakov D.N.
In Dahl's dictionary
(participation, share, share) cf. fate, fate, part and fate, share. We are so lucky to be on the bridge with a cup. To each his own happiness; You can’t get caught up in someone else’s happiness. | Chance, desired surprise, talent, luck, success, competitiveness in business, not by calculation, happiness, happiness. pl. north eastern zap. and schaski, psk. Wait a minute Whoever is happy (who is happy) in the game, is unhappiness (he is unhappy) in marriage. Eco happiness: two mushrooms on a spoon, the third sticks to the stem! Some are happy, some are in bad weather. Don't give up your shares. Luckily, I was there myself. For luck, for chance, at random. Fortunately, the man sows bread. | Prosperity, well-being, earthly bliss, the desired daily life, without grief, unrest, anxiety; peace and contentment; in general, everything desired, everything that calms and brings a person, according to his beliefs, tastes and habits. Live in happiness, in time, prosper. Happiness is in us, and not around the bush. Home happiness, advice and love. Lada, there is great happiness in the family! God will give you health and happiness. Happiness is the mother, happiness is the stepmother, happiness is the mad wolf. With happiness you will come across a treasure, without happiness you won’t find a mushroom. Happiness is that the spring bucket is (unreliable). Happiness is like a double-edged sword. Happiness is more valuable than wealth. Happiness is more valuable than intelligence, wealth, etc. Happiness is like shaking: it will attack whoever it wants. Happiness and shaking, whoever it attacks! In a fight, happiness is a great thing. Nowadays you only hear about Tatar happiness in fairy tales. The first happiness is when there is no shame in the eyes. Happiness is great, but intelligence is not enough. Happy is everywhere for a fool. He has stupid happiness: donkey, ox happiness. Happiness will come together with happiness, and even then it will not be crazy. Happiness and misfortune were mixed - there was nothing left. God gives happiness to the stupid, but God gives happiness to the smart. Today there is happiness, tomorrow there is happiness - God have mercy, but where is the mind? It’s not the happiness that you rave about in your dreams, but the happiness that you sit and ride on. Happy, happy, fortunately, referring to happiness. A happy person who succeeds in everything is successful, fortunate; - chance, desired, prosperous. - a day that brought anything you wanted. - life, calm, without troubles. Happy twin. Happy is your God! You are lucky that this happened. Even the beast is tamed against the happy, and against the unfortunate every reptile rises up, O wife. Happy for dinner, fatally hit. Happy, light hand. Play happily - rob people; to play unhappily is to offend yourself. Don't be born smart or handsome, but be born happy. Don't be born good or handsome, be born happy. In the face (on the face, with the face) happy, handsome. Happy people get stuck between their fingers. The happy (rich) have nothing to do: he lives and warms himself. The happy one jumps, the unhappy one cries. Not the happy one that is with the father, but the happy one that is with the husband. Happy, -vica, happy person, successful, lucky. God's nieces are the lucky ones whose grandmother casts a spell. To make someone happy, to make happy, to make happy, to endow with happiness, with something desired. Children make my life happy. | - who, succeed, argue, lucky, talented. He is happy in everything, in trading, in cards.
How to find human happiness: simple tips
I bring to your attention simple wishes that will help you live in harmony with yourself, even if each person has his own happiness:
- let's learn to love ourselves, stop blaming ourselves, let's not go over in our heads what has already happened and cannot be corrected. This doesn't make any sense;
- let's learn to let go of unsolvable problems. We know that after some time they will resolve themselves;
- let's learn to pull ourselves together and drive away regrets and fears for the sake of our happiness;
- let's learn to stop the moment and see only the beautiful around;
- let's not pay attention to the negativity that occurs at every step;
- let's learn to live here and now, in this moment, in this minute, between the past and the future, to live with joy and pleasure from every breath!
Listen to the wonderful poems of Eduard Asadov “What is happiness”
In Ozhegov's dictionary
HAPPINESS, -I, cf. 1. The feeling and state of complete, highest satisfaction. S. creation. Pursuit of happiness. Family village 2. Success, luck. In everything s. someone There would have been no happiness, but misfortune helped (ate). * Fortunately or luckily, enter, ate. - expresses satisfaction about something. For good luck - 1) enter, eat., the same as for good luck. Luckily for me, everything ended well; 2) to have luck. Give me your hand for luck. Your (mine, his, etc.) happiness is that... (colloquial) - you (me, him, etc.) are lucky that... Your happiness is that everything turned out well.
Definition of the word “Happiness” according to TSB:
Happiness is a concept of moral consciousness, denoting such a state of a person that corresponds to the greatest internal satisfaction with the conditions of one’s existence, the completeness and meaningfulness of life, and the fulfillment of one’s human purpose. S. is a sensory-emotional form of the Ideal. The concept of S. does not simply characterize a certain specific objective position or subjective state of a person, but expresses an idea of what a person’s life should be like, what exactly is bliss for him. Therefore, the concept of S. has a normative and value-based character. Depending on how the purpose and meaning of human life is interpreted, the content of S is also understood. This concept has a historical and class-specific character. In the history of moral consciousness, self-esteem was considered one of the innate human rights, but in practice, in a class antagonistic society, it always turned out that the desire of the oppressed classes for self-esteem, as F. Engels pointed out, was mercilessly and on a “legal basis” sacrificed to the same the aspirations of the ruling classes. Criticizing the bourgeois-individualistic understanding of selfishness, the classics of Marxism-Leninism noted that a person’s desire exclusively for personal selfishness, in isolation from public goals, degenerates into selfishness, which tramples on the interests of others and morally cripples the human personality. “If you want to be a beast,” Marx wrote, “you can, of course, turn your back on the torment of humanity and take care of your own skin” (Marx K. and Engels F., Works, 2nd ed., vol. 31, p. 454 ). Marx also rejected the egalitarian ideas of “barracks communism,” which he characterized as “... a return to the unnatural simplicity of a poor and needless person...” (K. Marx and F. Engels, From Early Works, 1956, p. 587). Characterizing his personal understanding of S., K. Marx said that he sees it in the struggle (see K. Marx and F. Engels, Works, 2nd ed., vol. 31, p. 492). This understanding of S. is contrary to all philistine ideas about him. This is not an idyllic state of satisfaction with the existing situation, but, on the contrary, a constant desire for a better future and overcoming obstacles on the way to it, not the achievement of one’s own well-being, but the full development and use of one’s abilities in conscious activity, subordinated to the achievement of common goals. Conscious service to people, the revolutionary struggle for the reconstruction of society, for the implementation of the ideals of communism, for a better future for all mankind fill a person’s life with that highest meaning and give that deep satisfaction that brings him the feeling of S.
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In Vasmer Max's dictionary
happiness ukr. Happily Wed R.; cslav. sаchѧstn “involved”, Old Czech. ščěstie, Czech. štěstí “happiness”, št᾽аstný “happy”, slvts. št᾽аstіе, št᾽аstný, Polish. szczęście. Praslav. *sъčęstь̂je is explained from *sъ-: Old Indian. su- “good” + *čęstь “part”, i.e. “good lot” (Baudouin de Courtenay, Stud. Brücknerowi 220 et seq.; Guyer, LF 46, 188 et seq.; Frenkel, Mél. Perdersen 444; Mahek, ZfslPh 7, 378). According to Bernecker (1, 155), happiness is primary. “share, joint participation” (: съ). This etymology is undoubted for the Late Slavs. sаchstn “involved”; see also Brückner 544.
Where does a person see his happiness?
✔️ Very often people confuse happiness with other feelings and sensations: pleasure, falling in love, satisfaction from achieving a goal. In some ways, these are truly related concepts. However, there is a significant difference between them.
✔️ Sensations differ from feelings in that they pass quite quickly. For example, a person who has satisfied a strong feeling of hunger or thirst experiences pleasure. Pleasure can also be caused by those phenomena that are not included in the list of basic human needs. So, many people enjoy listening to music, watching movies, and communicating with other people. But one way or another, the feeling of pleasure cannot be contained. It goes by pretty quickly.
✔️ Feelings are a completely different plane of human existence. They are relatively durable and differ from sensations in the strength of emotions. A person experiencing a feeling of falling in love is able to overcome difficult obstacles for several months in a row and still feel happy. True, this only applies to those cases when the feelings are mutual.
✔️ However, love does not equal happiness, like other strong feelings. Is the mother of the newborn happy? What if the child is sick? What if childbirth caused severe physical or mental trauma to a woman? It turns out that motherhood is happiness, but only if you have health, support and material benefits. The same applies to other life situations.
✔️ So what is happiness? What makes a person happy? If we try to generalize this concept for all people and derive a certain “formula of happiness,” we can say that a happy life is that rare case when a person is surrounded by material wealth and like-minded people whom he sincerely values. In other words, happy is the one who has everything necessary for happiness and is able to appreciate this gift of fate.
To understand this, let's give a simple example. Let's imagine that two neighbors live on the same staircase. Both have wonderful wives, healthy and smart children, and simple and profitable jobs. But one of them is deeply unhappy. He is not satisfied with the amount of earnings, the number of days off, city noise and even the singing of birds outside the window. The second neighbor is sincerely happy. He is happy with his family, work, comfortable housing and life in general.
It turns out that the secret of happiness lies in the person himself, his worldview, dreams and goals. After all, no one is stopping the first neighbor from changing his life: finding another job, moving to the suburbs, finding a hobby. That's not really the problem. This person is just used to thinking negatively. Therefore, he feels unhappy, being a healthy, wealthy, loved and loving man.
In the dictionary D.N. Ushakova
HAPPINESS, happiness, pl. no, cf. 1. A state of contentment, well-being, joy from the fullness of life, from satisfaction with life. “And with the happiness of the people, joy began to bloom in villages and towns.” Ryleev. “Give me freedom, and I will find happiness on my own!” Baratynsky. “He sang the embodiment of people’s happiness.” Nekrasov. “The question of personal happiness is not simple.” Mayakovsky. “I have been reigning peacefully for six years now.” “But there is no happiness for my soul.” Pushkin. “He boasts of his womanly happiness.” Chekhov. “Murashkina beamed with happiness.” Chekhov. Live in happiness. “You are obliged to make the woman you love happy.” A. Ostrovsky. | The same as the embodiment of the feeling of love. “And happiness was so possible.” Pushkin. “Habit has been given to us from above; it is a substitute for happiness.” Pushkin. “Without love, without happiness, I wander around the world.” A. Koltsov. 2. Success, luck (mostly random). “The sun doesn’t always shine, luck doesn’t last forever.” Nekrasov. “There would be no happiness, but misfortune would help.” pogov. He has no happiness in the game. 3. Fate, share, fate (simple, region). “To each his own happiness.” (last) “We are so lucky to be on the bridge with a cup.” pogov. 4. im. happiness used as well as the predicate of the main sentence in meaning. very good, extremely pleasant (colloquial). "Yes! It’s lucky to have a son like that.” Griboyedov. I'm happy that everything worked out so well. • Have happiness with ·inf. - see have in 6 · meaning. To (my, yours, etc.) happiness or fortunately (for me, you, etc.) or for (mine, yours, etc.) happiness - used. in meaning an introductory word when expressing satisfaction about something, to indicate luck, success. “Where should I go? Fortunately, dry oak caught my eye.” Krylov. “The suitcase with the rest of my things, fortunately for me, remained intact.” Lermontov. The blizzard, fortunately for us, has subsided. For someone's happiness - to have luck, to be lucky (with the help of someone or something). Give me your hand for luck. “Try to cast a net for luck on Petrovo.” A. Maikov. Fortunately - the same as fortunately. “Luckily, the crane happened to be close here.” Krylov. My happiness (yours, his, etc.) is that... - it turned out well for me (you, him, etc.). You are lucky that you arrived on time.
What is happiness in your own words
What is happiness? There are many ways to maintain this internal state. There is a wonderful and very simple exercise that will help you get rid of negative emotions. I suggest you try to do it daily. I myself always use it, and the world immediately becomes kinder.
You just need to learn to do something good for others. You can help an elderly person carry a heavy bag, carry him across the road, give up his seat in transport, simply comfort someone or feed a stray dog. There are so many good little things you can do every day!
At the end of every day, you need to thank fate for giving you the opportunity to do something good. Don’t refuse to help anyone, and you will see that luck will begin to turn its face towards you. It became clear to me what happiness is. Rest assured, you will feel it too.
Happiness can fill us with strength and energy, maintain health and mental balance.
Origins and etymology of happiness
According to the etymological dictionary, the lexical unit “happy” (in English “happy”) in many languages has a relationship with the word “lucky” (in English “lucky”).
There are interesting trends here - perhaps our ancestors believed that happiness depended entirely on luck? This also points to a possible difference in the general beliefs of older generations and our contemporaries brought up in the 20th and 21st centuries. Previously, happiness was not considered an important factor in a good life, but was seen as an additional component that some of the luckiest people were blessed with.
Here's what author and history professor Darrin McMahon has to say about this: “The amazing thing is that every language of the Indo-European family, without exception, including those that go back centuries to ancient Greek, has the words “happiness” and “luck.” have a common root. If we look at the Old Norse and Old English root of the word "hap" - "hap", its meaning boils down to luck or chance. The same goes for the Old French "heur": the word "bonheur" means good fortune or good fortune "D. McMahon, 2006)
The meaning of inner happiness
Although the term is not used very often, “inner happiness” refers to being satisfied with your life and being happy with who you are and how you feel.
This concept is often identified with self-esteem, self-confidence and other similar concepts. In general, this means that you are happy with yourself and your choices, and are happy to be the person you are.
Cherophobia is the fear of fun and happiness
Principles
Having family and love are the principles of happiness
I invite you to consider what the principles of happiness are.
- Health. A person cannot be truly happy if he has problems with well-being.
- Presence of relatives. It is important to have someone in life with whom you can talk, consult, and receive support.
- Love. A person must love and be loved. Without this you cannot be absolutely happy.
- Freedom of choice, movement, decision making.
- Your own home, family comfort. An individual will not be happy if there is no place in his life where he wants to return after work or come when he feels bad.
- Dream. A happy person will be the one who has aspirations in life, even if now it seems unrealistic.
A number of conditions for a happy life are also considered.
- You need to live for today, enjoying every moment. You shouldn’t think about what happened in the past, because nothing can be changed, and you also don’t need to worry about the future. Try to become better every day.
- You need to think that you are already happy. It is unacceptable to drive yourself into negative emotions, experience stress, engage in self-criticism and self-criticism.
- Control of mood and feelings. You need to learn to separate negative thinking from cheerful thoughts that allow you to be happy. An individual must program himself for positive emotions. Often, poor health is the result of negative thoughts, a signal from the body that it is time to change something in your inner world. Surely, many of you have noticed that if you are in a bad mood, when faced with even the smallest difficulties, a person experiences a state of extreme stress, weakness, and conviction of impending failure. When the mood is good, even serious problems seem like insignificant trifles.
Can medications make you happier?
Can modern pharmacology help us become happier? The new generation of antidepressants works differently. A new generation of antidepressants and anti-depressants helps those who lead an active lifestyle, work very hard and cannot cope with fatigue - a consequence of overwork. Antidepressants allow them to be calmer, look at life more soberly, react adequately to what is happening and not throw out their emotions. But do they make a person happier? It’s unlikely: not a single pill can solve the problem of the emptiness of human existence or fill your life with meaning.
What factors determine
The definition has been given, cut with a knife, but what is it? And here psychologists gave us the answer! Read the contents of our pie called “happiness”.
External environment
Let's start with the smallest ingredient. Only 10% of our well-being depends on the external environment. It's where we were born, what family we were born into. In short, everything that we initially have no control over and cannot change. But in adulthood, these factors are the easiest to change.
Personality
Here it will be upbringing, character, genes. Do you have friends who are always happy or always unhappy? It's all about character traits.
These factors are established at birth and are influenced by parents and the environment. You can change them by changing your environment, working with a psychologist, or working through them on your own. All in your hands.
Remember that 45% of your happiness depends on your thoughts and emotions. For some people this rate is even higher, so never ignore your individuality if you feel unhappy.
The concept of happiness is individual for each person
Self-realization
And the last point is approximately the same percentage as for personal qualities. Your satisfaction with your work, the results and the overall process is the key to your happiness. How can you be happy if you spend 5 days at a job that you don’t like, and on the weekends you watch TV and have no entertainment?
It doesn't work that way, think back to when you were young and dreamed of skydiving and book your spot for next weekend! Your accomplishments, your enjoyment of them, and the entire process are extremely important.
What about money?
You've probably already heard that the most frequent clients of a psychologist are rich people? There could be many reasons for this. For example, through hard work a person has isolated himself from others. Or, for example, he does not know how to hear what he wants, and simply does what his parents told him. Money is just a tool to achieve your goals.
Money alone will not make you happy. But, as the joke goes, “crying in a Porsche is much more comfortable than riding a bicycle.” And it’s more convenient to pay a psychologist without compromising basic needs. Therefore, harmony is important here.
By the way, according to sociological research, there are more happy people among poor people and people living in poor countries. Money gives you a feeling of happiness. But only as long as you strive to ensure that your physical needs are fully met - medicine, housing, education and predictable government action.
When you start earning more than you need to live, money itself doesn't bring you pleasure. It's all about what you spend it on. How many people actually have financial knowledge? To summarize, we can say that big money drowns out our more subtle needs. Or maybe not? Write your opinion!
Pleasure and happiness
Given the close relationship between the two concepts of pleasure and happiness, it is quite difficult to understand their difference.
After all, the Oxford Dictionary describes the state in which a person experiences pleasure. The relationship between these terms makes sense, and in many literary sources you can find examples of these words being used interchangeably. However, when it comes to the science of positive psychology, it is important to understand the difference.
As stated above, happiness is a state that is characterized by pleasure and satisfaction with the current life situation.
On the other hand, pleasure is a simpler experience that characterizes a person’s state at a certain moment. This definition refers to the positive feeling we get from an experience.
The cause of this condition can be good food, massage, receiving a compliment or sex.
Happiness is a more stable state than pleasure, although not permanent. It usually lasts longer, while pleasure may appear for a few moments and soon disappear.
Pleasure can be a component of happiness, and happiness sometimes enhances and deepens the feeling of pleasure. However, these two concepts can also be mutually exclusive. For example, sometimes people experience happiness based on a meaning or activity that has nothing to do with pleasure. Or you can experience pleasure, but at the same time struggle with feelings of guilt, which prevents you from experiencing the fullness of happiness.
You can spend your whole life dreaming about one person and then find happiness with a completely different person.
Why is happiness so important for a person?
Psychology is the science that best answers the question of how to be happy and why it is needed. Therefore, despite numerous differences in popular methods of psychoanalysis, the understanding of the essence and mechanisms of happiness in psychology is the same.
The psychology of human happiness looks like a formula in which happiness consists of the sum of deep satisfaction with life and a large number of positive emotions. At the same time, satisfaction with life is the key to long-term happiness, and not a fleeting sensation of this feeling.
What prevents us from being happy?
What prevents a person from being happy, first of all, is his personal thinking and perception of life. After all, people think not only positively, but also negatively. Only positive thoughts can help a person find happiness and understand what it is.- By thinking negatively, a person can only lead himself to a dull life, where constant depression and disappointment will reign. You should know that, first of all, we create our own destiny and no thing, place or person we know can make us happy.
- To get long-awaited happiness, you need to set yourself up in a positive way and appreciate every minute of life. Usually it does not last forever and is short-lived. Therefore, for life to be full of happiness, it is necessary to constantly fill it with warm relationships, devoted people, joyful moments and good deeds that bring pleasure and material benefits.
