pure pleasure

collocation in English

meaningsofpureandpleasure

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pure
adjective
uk
/pjʊər/us
/pjʊr/
not mixed with ...
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pleasure
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈpleʒ.ər/us
/ˈpleʒ.ɚ/
enjoyment, happiness, or satisfaction, or something that ...
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(Definition ofpureandpleasurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpure pleasure

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Individuals desire some news just for its entertainment value, thepurepleasureassociated with knowledge.
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The subject of this 'pleasure' is not 'joy' or 'purepleasure'.
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The art of arts, the theory of practices, it was invented by and for thepurepleasureof knowing.
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Or, if processing is done for thepurepleasureof it, why would the composer want to create a soundscape of noise in the concert hall?
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I had forgotten thepurepleasureof living in the countryside and the many benefits stemming therefrom.
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They did not come for thepurepleasureof waiting for hours in the queue with all the other people.
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That ispurepleasurefor me.
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This is the yoga of unitingpurepleasureand emptiness.
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They did this forpurepleasureand payback.
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Furthermore, as fonts were standardised and texts became clearer, reading ceased being a painful process of decipherment and became an act ofpurepleasure.
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Thepurepleasureof invention, of making stuff up, clouded over everything else.
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