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Definition of Felicific
1. Adjective. (rare chiefly philosophy) Of, pertaining to, or producing pleasure or happiness. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Felicific
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Felicific
Literary usage of Felicific
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Examination of the Utilitarian Philosophy by John Grote (1870)
"Only that in that case there is no reason why felicific action should be re~
commended, ... If felicific action is better than that which is not felicific, ..."
2. The promotion of general happiness: A Utilitarian Essay by Michael MacMillan (1890)
"Benevolence in the form of charity is, as a rule, doubtfully felicific and ...
In its other forms, including politeness, it is more clearly felicific as ..."
3. Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology: Including Many of the Principal by James Mark Baldwin (1901)
"felicific [Lat. felix, happy, +facer«, to make] : Ger. ... That the morality of
conduct depends upon its felicific consequences is the thesis of ..."
4. Economic Motives: A Study in the Psychological Foundations of Economic by Zenas Clark Dickinson (1922)
"THE felicific CALCULUS But we must come to the ' felicific calculus,' and to his
conception of human rationality, which are the objects of so much suspicion ..."
5. Essays on the Philosophy of Theism by William George Ward (1884)
"And exactly the same kind of contrast may be drawn, as regards my method of
pursuing those other felicific possessions which admit of being pursued at all. ..."
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