unpleasure

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ pleasure.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ʌnˈplɛʒə/

Noun

unpleasure (uncountable)

  1. (rare) Unpleasantness; displeasure.
  2. (psychology) A sense of internal discomfort opposed to pleasure, produced by impeded impulses from the ego.
    • 1999, Sigmund Freud, translated by Joyce Crick, The Interpretation of Dreams, Oxford, published 2008, page 182:
      The life of the psyche also has at its disposal wishes whose fulfilment arouses unpleasure [translating Unlust] – which seems a contradiction, but can be explained if we take into account the presence of the two psychical agencies and the censorship prevailing between them.
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