pleasure

broad class of mental states that humans and other animals experience as positive, enjoyable, or worth seeking
Event positive_emotion Q208195
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pleasure

Summary

pleasure is a positive emotion[1]. pleasure draws 278 Wikipedia views per month (positive_emotion category, ranking #3 of 8).[2]

Key Facts

  • pleasure's instance of is recorded as positive emotion[3].
  • pleasure is a type of emotion[4].
  • pleasure is part of theory of emotion[5].
  • pleasure is part of psychological terminology[6].
  • pleasure's Commons category is recorded as Pleasure[7].
  • pleasure's said to be the same as is recorded as Ĝuo[8].
  • pleasure's said to be the same as is recorded as Q1288392[9].
  • pleasure's said to be the same as is recorded as enjoyment[10].
  • pleasure's said to be the same as is recorded as pleasure[11].
  • pleasure is the opposite of pain[12].
  • pleasure's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pleasure[13].
  • pleasure's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14].
  • pleasure's described by source is recorded as Meyer’s Universum, Fünfzehnter Band[15].
  • pleasure's different from is recorded as pleasure[16].
  • pleasure's different from is recorded as Pleasure[17].
  • pleasure's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[18].

Body

Context

Part of include theory of emotion[5], a psychological theory[19] and psychological terminology[6]. pleasure's instance of is recorded as positive emotion[3].

Outcome and Impact

Things named for pleasure include Pleasure[20], a film[21], directed by Ninja Thyberg[22] and The Pleasure[23], a film[24], directed by Joe D'Amato[25].

Why It Matters

pleasure draws 278 Wikipedia views per month (positive_emotion category, ranking #3 of 8).[2] pleasure has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] pleasure is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

Entities named for pleasure include Pleasure[20], a film[21], directed by Ninja Thyberg[22] and The Pleasure[23], a film[24], directed by Joe D'Amato[25].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [20] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [23] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of
    Subclass of
    Topic's main category Category:Pleasure
    Described by source Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Meyer’s Universum, Fünfzehnter Band
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 12544, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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