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Konterkarator Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

Usage Of "felicific"?

Hello,

I've encountered the word "felicific". The dictionary says "relating to or promoting increased happiness". I think I get what it means, but I am still unsure about the usage. Could someone explain how to use it and post some example sentences?

Thanks.
  

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Don't worry about using this word -- it is very obscure. I have never seen it or heard it before, and I think that would be true for almost all native speakers.. A couple of related words are more common -- felicity, felicitous, felicitate -- but even these are very rarely used in ordinary conversation.

— Khoff

  • Don't worry about using this word -- it is very obscure.
  • I have never seen it or heard it before, and I think that would be true for almost all native speakers..
  • A couple of related words are more common -- felicity, felicitous, felicitate -- but even these are very rarely used in ordinary conversation.
  • As long as you know that they are all related to "happiness," you will understand them about as well as most native speakers do.
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Don't worry about using this word -- it is very obscure. I have never seen it or heard it before, and I think that would be true for almost all native speakers.. A couple of related words are more common -- felicity, felicitous, felicitate -- but even these are very rarely used in ordinary conversation. As long as you know that they are all related to "happiness," you will understand them abou
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"Felicific" would make a very good screen name.

The "felicific calculus" is a method of computing the quantity of pleasure that an action may cause. It was devised by Bentham.

(The felicific calculus of applying the felicific calculus is extremely low, in my experience.)

MrP
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Thanks for the replies.
Good to know that it's a word rarely used. However I am still interested in how to use it.
I found the following sentence in a dictionary: "The institution of a rule against murder is in general felicific."
I don't really get what it means but it looks like "to be in felicific" is some sort of expression. Is that right?
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felicific: brings happiness
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In general, the term 'felicific' has close relationship with 'happiness', 'pleasure', or 'goodness'

In some cases, it is synonymous with 'hedonic' or 'hedonistic'

eg. 1. Felicific Calculus = Hedonic Calculus

2. This 'matter' is felicifically important (?)
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