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joy

joy Joy is a pleasurable emotional state that comes with awareness of some gain or advantage for oneself or another person.

Joy is a pleasurable emotional state that comes with awareness of some gain or advantage for oneself or another person. In this historical account, it is presented as the opposite of grief and is linked with outwardly expansive expressions such as lively movement, social display, and laughter.