unblissfulness

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From unblissful +‎ -ness.

Noun[edit]

unblissfulness (uncountable)

  1. The state, quality, or condition of being unblissful; joylessness.
    • 1999, Helmuth von Glasenapp, Jainism: An Indian Religion of Salvation - Page 510:
      Hartmann, the course of the world is historically interpreted as an account of the Passion of the unknown god who fights his way from unblissfulness to blissfulness. An Indian sees salvation in the suppression of the individual.
    • 2007, Shonda Cheekes, In the Midst of It All - Page 193:
      “Yep. The classic case. But it's the circumstances behind the unblissfulness that has me going.”