enjoyment
Americannoun
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enjoyments
plural
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the act of enjoying.
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the possession, use, or occupancy of anything with satisfaction or pleasure.
to have the enjoyment of a large income.
- Synonyms:
- gratification, delight
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a particular form or source of pleasure.
Hunting is his greatest enjoyment.
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Law. the exercise of a right.
the enjoyment of an estate.
noun
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the act or condition of receiving pleasure from something
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the use or possession of something that is satisfying or beneficial
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something that provides joy or satisfaction
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the possession or exercise of a legal right
Synonym Usage
See pleasure.
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Etymology
Origin of enjoyment
Explanation
Enjoyment is what you experience when you are having a good time. You probably experience enjoyment in an amusement park, and a lack of enjoyment at the dentist. When you enjoy something, you like doing it. Enjoyment is a word for the pleasure that comes from enjoyable activities. Lots of people get enjoyment from reading, seeing movies, watching TV, and playing video games. Hanging out with friends is another common form of enjoyment. If you dislike doing something, then it brings you no enjoyment. Enjoyment is the opposite of feelings like boredom and misery.
Example Sentences
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But the expectation has also been infused with enjoyment, too.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
Skidelsky demonstrates that Keynes’s desire to enable more people to experience the higher goods identified by Moore, such as friendship and aesthetic enjoyment, inclined Keynes to approach economics as “an end-satisfying system.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
In mice, the medications reduced hedonic feeding, which means eating for enjoyment rather than because the body needs energy.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 25, 2026
“He’s learning new things about himself. I was really open to finding the scene organically on the day and not coming in with any preconceived choices. And I found so much more enjoyment in it.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
I ate half of my Christmas orange with ostentatious enjoyment, much to the annoyance of those who had already finished theirs.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
He hoped that he would be able to eat faseekh, a fermented fish dish, the simplest of Eid enjoyments, he said.
From New York Times ● Apr. 10, 2024
Catherine Rampell nailed it in her Dec. 31 op-ed, “Pandemic tears of joy”: Revisit the simple enjoyments as you would revisit friends you haven’t seen in a while.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 4, 2022
Mrs Samia made reference to the nightlife and other enjoyments the Kenya capital has to offer - but which has been curtailed because of the Covid-19 overnight curfew:
From BBC ● May 6, 2021
“Re-engaging with the same object, even just once, allows a reworking of experiences as consumers consider their own particular enjoyments and understandings of choices they have made.”
From The Guardian ● Feb. 19, 2017
The humanities and amenities of life had no attraction for him—its peaceful enjoyments no charm.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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