Something that causes happiness, enjoyment, or satisfaction.
From Middle English 'pleasure' (from Old French 'plaisir') plus the suffix '-able' meaning 'capable of.' The root traces to Latin 'placere' meaning 'to please or satisfy.'
Humans are wired to seek pleasure as a survival mechanism—it originally helped us identify safe foods and mates—but we're also unique in our ability to delay pleasure for future rewards, which is why we can save dessert for later.
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