Happiness

Minimal Happiness

Expressions activating this band convey happiness in diffuse, elevated, or intermittent forms such as vitality, fulfillment, excitement, and appreciation of life. The positive feeling is present but often framed as episodic uplift or energized joy rather than simple direct happiness.

Moderate Happiness

Expressions activating this band convey clear positive feeling through contentment, cheerfulness, satisfaction, and being pleased. Happiness is experienced as a steady, favorable emotional state tied to life, safety, or everyday circumstances.

Mixed Happiness

Expressions activating this band center on happiness as an explicit topic while also allowing ambivalent or variable mood states, including unhappiness, good mood, or judgments about being a happy person. The emotional tone is evaluative and mixed rather than uniformly positive.

High Happiness

Expressions activating this band state happiness directly and unequivocally. The feeling is immediate, plainly positive, and expressed without qualification.

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