Collocations withpleasure
These are words often used in combination withpleasure.
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aesthetic pleasure
There are many things we value highly, like companionship, aesthetic pleasure, love, and other such benefits to which we do not necessarily have a right.
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bodily pleasure
Rock, therefore, was music for people with a mind as well as a body - people who politicised bodily pleasure.
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genuine pleasure
It has been a genuine pleasure to work with you.
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great pleasure
It should also be said immediately that the book gives great pleasure: it is elegant, beautifully written, erudite and morally concerned.
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guilty pleasure
To her, the increasingly guilty pleasure she took in retreating into her own imaginary world and characters was a form of false worship.
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immense pleasure
Older dancers readily and repeatedly expressed their enjoyment of dancing, and at some venues the immense pleasure was immediately visible to an observer.
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pleasure seeker
On the other hand, a state has objective value if it involves or causes the wellbeing or flourishing of that person, not qua pleasure seeker, but qua human being.
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pure pleasure
Individuals desire some news just for its entertainment value, the pure pleasure associated with knowledge.
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sensory pleasure
His pen made mathematics a sensory pleasure for all to pursue regardless of their ability to plot the parabolic path a particular curve might take.
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sensual pleasure
Obviously, gaining more sensual pleasure when one already has plenty may sometimes interfere with the pursuit of other goods.
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sheer pleasure
Reading these writers one can wonder at times whether there is any reason for their sharing of these elaborate descriptions beyond the sheer pleasure of imagination.
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simple pleasure
Yet even his readings of plays show some signs of a motive beyond simple pleasure.
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visual pleasure
But only to a point: the balance is heavily weighed in favour of illustrations and visual pleasure, often at the expense of descriptions.
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worldly pleasure
They are supposed to express a monastic denial of worldly pleasure and richness.
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