Serenity
Cheerfulness describes a cheerful , tidy, relaxed mood . In Middle High German , cheerfulness meant clarity . The antonym (opposite term) is melancholy .
In Buddhism , serenity is seen as an attribute of enlightenment . It is a result of the loosened standing above things from complete insight .
In the parliamentary stenography of Germany, Austria and other states, cheerfulness is recorded as an atmospheric expression of the audience.
The adjective cheerful is used in meteorology to describe a degree of cloudiness of 2/8.
Web links
Wikiquote: Joy - Quotes
Wiktionary: Cheeriness - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
Individual evidence
- ↑ Marion Bacher: Until the last abbreviation, in: ZEIT online , article from April 29, 2010, accessed on April 13, 2017.