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Meaning of antipleasure | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

Opposing pleasure.

Equivalents

Português antiprazer

Examples

“The old saw that if it feels too good it's probably illegal, immoral, or fattening is no joke. Deep down inside, many of us believe it. In fact, our entire culture, with its roots in Puritanism, has a distinct antipleasure bias.”
“To the degree that the church has been antisexual and antipleasure, it has failed to be consistent with our understanding of what the Bible has to say about sex within marriage.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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