What does gratification mean?

Definitions for gratification
ˌgræt ə fɪˈkeɪ ʃəngrat·i·fi·ca·tion

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. gratification, satisfactionnoun

    state of being gratified or satisfied

    "dull repetitious work gives no gratification"; "to my immense gratification he arrived on time"

  2. gratificationnoun

    the act or an instance of satisfying

Wiktionary

  1. gratificationnoun

    The act of gratifying, or pleasing, either the mind, the taste, or the appetite; as, the gratification of the palate, of the appetites, of the senses, of the desires, of the heart.

  2. gratificationnoun

    That which affords pleasure; satisfaction; enjoyment; fruition: delight.

  3. gratificationnoun

    A reward; a recompense; a gratuity.

  4. Etymology: From gratification, from gratificare, from gratus + facere.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Gratificationnoun

    Etymology: gratificatio, Latin.

    They are incapable of any design above the present gratification of their palates. Robert South, Sermons.

    How hardly is his will brought to change all its desires and aversions, and to renounce those gratifications in which he has been long used to place his happiness? John Rogers, Sermons.

Wikipedia

  1. Gratification

    Gratification is the pleasurable emotional reaction of happiness in response to a fulfillment of a desire or goal. It is also identified as a response stemming from the fulfillment of social needs such as affiliation, socializing, social approval, and mutual recognition.Gratification, like all emotions, is a motivator of behavior and plays a role in the entire range of human social systems.

ChatGPT

  1. gratification

    Gratification refers to the state of experiencing pleasure or satisfaction from something, often as a result of achieving a particular desire, goal, or fulfilling a particular need. It can also refer to the reward or the source of such enjoyment or satisfaction.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Gratificationnoun

    the act of gratifying, or pleasing, either the mind, the taste, or the appetite; as, the gratification of the palate, of the appetites, of the senses, of the desires, of the heart

  2. Gratificationnoun

    that which affords pleasure; satisfaction; enjoyment; fruition: delight

  3. Gratificationnoun

    a reward; a recompense; a gratuity.

  4. Etymology: [L. gratificatio: cf. F. gratification.]

Wikidata

  1. Gratification

    Gratification is the pleasurable emotional reaction of happiness in response to a fulfillment of a desire or goal. Gratification, like all emotions, is a motivator of behavior and thus plays a role in the entire range of human social systems.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. gratification

    In a general acceptation of the term, this word meant, among the French, certain rewards which generals gave to the troops, after a severe engagement, in testimony of their valor and good conduct. These rewards were distributed according to rank. This custom was prevalent in the most ancient times. By gratification was likewise meant the accumulation of a certain sum, which was deposited for the specific purpose of burying a deceased soldier. This term also meant a certain allowance in money allotted to prisoners of war.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of gratification in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of gratification in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of gratification in a Sentence

  1. Chris Christie:

    Our party has failed in going into those places because we've said, 'Well we don't get instant gratification back,'.

  2. Richard Steele:

    Zeal for the public good is the characteristic of a man of honor and a gentleman, and must take the place of pleasures, profits and all other private gratification.

  3. Fyodor Dostoevsky:

    By interpreting freedom as the propagation and immediate gratification of needs, people distort their own nature, for they engender in themselves a multitude of pointless and foolish desires, habits, and incongruous stratagems. Their lives are motivated only by mutual envy, sensuality, and ostentation.

  4. Helen Keller:

    Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

  5. Harold Bursztajn:

    The fundamental dilemma is to distinguish those people who are mad because of their addictions versus those people who are simply bad and are using their addictions as part of self-gratification rather than self-medication, so there's a fundamental distinction.

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