• Antipleasure

    Origin

    - + pleasure

    Full definition of antipleasure

    Adjective

    antipleasure

    1. Opposing pleasure.
      • 1998, Stella Resnick, The Pleasure ZoneThe old saw that if it feels too good it's probably illegal, immoral, or fattening is no joke. Deep down inside, many of us believe it. In fact, our entire culture, with its roots in Puritanism, has a distinct antipleasure bias.
      • 2003, Clifford L. Penner, Joyce Penner, The Gift of SexTo the degree that the church has been antisexual and antipleasure, it has failed to be consistent with our understanding of what the Bible has to say about sex within marriage.
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