Happyology

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The study of happiness. uncountable

    "A leader in the multi-disciplinary field of happyology is Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi of the University of Chicago, a psychology author and educator who has hunted optimal experiences as though they were butterflies."

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"A leader in the multi-disciplinary field of happyology is Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi of the University of Chicago, a psychology author and educator who has hunted optimal experiences as though they were butterflies."

Etymology

From happy + -ology.

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