as in enjoyment
the feeling experienced when one's wishes are met
eating good chocolate gives me a sense of intense gratification
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Recent Examples of gratification
Gen Xers delayed gratification, equating material success with personal worth.
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Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
Over time, technology addiction rewires the brain to expect instant gratification, depleting the brain’s cognitive patience and threshold for tolerating frustration in the process.
—Rachel Hale, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2025
That growth has been driven in large part by Gen Z, which has turned to retro tech across genres including music, movies, toys and traditional film as younger people reject instant digital gratification.
—Mark Faithfull, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Kids are used to instant gratification from their devices and have shorter attention spans, Koeller added.
—Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2025
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Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
Over time, technology addiction rewires the brain to expect instant gratification, depleting the brain’s cognitive patience and threshold for tolerating frustration in the process.
—Rachel Hale, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2025
That growth has been driven in large part by Gen Z, which has turned to retro tech across genres including music, movies, toys and traditional film as younger people reject instant digital gratification.
—Mark Faithfull, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Kids are used to instant gratification from their devices and have shorter attention spans, Koeller added.
—Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gratification
Noun
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Or, short of that, a visit that’s rooted in mutual enjoyment and the easy compromises that go along with it.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Denver Post,
11 Aug. 2025
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The enjoyment from a car feature like more horsepower or a panoramic sunroof can’t be reinvested in the same way.—
James Broughel,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The final term means happiness as contentment, but its related terms may suggest a connection with the pleasure of taste.—
Sebastian Purcell
August 18,
Literary Hub,
18 Aug. 2025
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Those people generally seem to feel the need to continue their hate year over year, no matter the improvements, because hate sells more than love or even contentment.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
Noun
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As noted above, security satisfaction levels are low, and 85% cite a lack of internal expertise as a major challenge in AI implementation.—
Ross Gagnon,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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His terse sendoff denies Dexter the satisfaction of closure and forgiveness, shattering his former colleague’s world before shuffling off it.—
Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
29 Aug. 2025
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Still, the richest, most enduring pleasures here are formal ones, beginning with the exacting still-life compositions and oily, vehement primary hues of Jenkins’ 16mm lensing, which can make a painterly subject of a maritime squall or a mustard-yellow wading boot.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
31 Aug. 2025
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The Supreme Court agreed and ruled against the Roosevelt administration, ruling Humphrey was improperly fired and was not serving at the pleasure of the president.—
Alison Durkee,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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It’s also based in part on Harvard’s The Human Flourishing Program, which measures human flourishing based on five areas, including happiness and life satisfaction, physical and mental health, meaning and purpose, character and virtue, and close social relationships.—
Anne Field,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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The mood boosts were linked to caffeine consumption, with researchers finding that the positive emotions included enthusiasm and happiness.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
29 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The list, published Aug. 26, highlighted 25 content creators, such as YouTubers, podcast hosts, fashion creatives and TikTokers.—
Kaycee Sloan,
The Enquirer,
29 Aug. 2025
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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And then there’s Preserve, a delight for the taste buds where food preservation is central to the dining experience.—
Rebecca Deurlein,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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These pretty little shortcakes are a delight to make and enjoy—the perfect way to spend an afternoon with Grandma!—
Mary Shannon Wells,
Southern Living,
10 Aug. 2025
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“Gratification.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gratification. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.
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