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BLESSEDNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A state of supreme happiness
Synonyms:
beatification; beatitude; blessedness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("blessedness" is a kind of...):
felicity; happiness (state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "blessedness"):
enlightenment; nirvana ((Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness)
Derivation:
blessed (characterized by happiness and good fortune)
