Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A beatitude.
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Examples
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Maybe that's why we don't use the word "macarism"?
ccfinlay: Macarism is the act of taking pleasure i ccfinlay 2006
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But then there is the way my brain goes: People can and often do fake macarism.
ccfinlay: Macarism is the act of taking pleasure i ccfinlay 2006
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Speaking of macarism, I am overwhelmed to the point of speechlessness at all the recent good-willingness of people who read this blog.
ccfinlay: Sundry ccfinlay 2006
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We have a subculture that has macarism as a core value.
ccfinlay: Macarism is the act of taking pleasure i ccfinlay 2006
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We have a subculture that has macarism as a core value.
ccfinlay: Macarism is the act of taking pleasure i ccfinlay 2006
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I think it's interesting that in our culture, the obverse concept -- sadism, taking pleasure in another's pain -- is a word in common parlance, but macarism is not.
ccfinlay: Macarism is the act of taking pleasure i ccfinlay 2006
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(link) Actually, (you know I gotta argue) I don't see sadism as the reverse of macarism.
ccfinlay: Macarism is the act of taking pleasure i ccfinlay 2006
reesetee commented on the word macarism
An opposite for schadenfreude! Oh happy day!
February 23, 2007
oroboros commented on the word macarism
Do you suppose it's related to the "macarena"?
February 23, 2007
reesetee commented on the word macarism
Nooooo! Now it's stuck in my head!
February 23, 2007
jmjarmstrong commented on the word macarism
JM is up for some macarism today if anyone is having a good time
March 13, 2009
shalaco commented on the word macarism
Taking pleasure in another's joy.
July 18, 2010