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noun
An exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A feeling of joy and pride.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: glee, mirth, blitheness, blithesomeness, cheerfulness, cheeriness, contentness, contentedness, delight, delightedness, elatedness, elation, exuberance, exuberantness, felicity, gaiety, gayness, gayfulness, gladness, gladsomeness, gleefulness, gleesomeness, happiness, high spirits, hilarity, jolliness, jollity, joviality, jovialness, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, liss, merriment, merriness, mirthfulness, pleasedness
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A collineation that fixes all points on a line (called its axis) and all lines though a point on the axis (called its center).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
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noun
a feeling of joy and pride
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: high spirits, lightness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: joy, joyousness, joyfulness
Narrower terms: euphoria, euphory
noun
an exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism; an absence of depression
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: depression
Broader terms: psychological state, psychological condition, mental state, mental condition
Narrower terms: bliss, blissfulness, cloud nine, seventh heaven, walking on air, high
History
From Middle English elacioun, from Old French elacion, from Latin ēlātiōnem, accusative singular of ēlātiō (“exaltation, elevation; pride, elation”), from ēlātus, perfect passive participle of efferō (“bring forth or out; raise; exalt”), from ē (“out of”), short form of ex, + ferō (“carry, bear”).
Across languages
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