Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jouissance

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.37 in modern English

Syllables: jouis-sance
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Enjoyment, delight, pleasure.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

A transgressive, excessive kind of pleasure linked to the division and splitting of the subject involved.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"friendship is enjoyed according as it is desired, it is neither bred, nor nourished, nor increaseth but in jovissance, as being spirituall, and the minde being refined by use and custome."
"Instead Lyotard suggests that the worker experiences jouissance, a masochistic pleasure, in the imposed ‘mad destruction’ of their body."

Etymology

From Middle French jouissance, from jouir (“to enjoy”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

jouissances (plural)

Questions

What does jouissance mean?: Enjoyment, delight, pleasure.
Where does jouissance come from?: From Middle French jouissance, from jouir (“to enjoy”).

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