infelicificadj.
/ɪnfiːlɪˈsɪfɪk/ Ethics.
Productive of unhappiness.
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infelicific1874
1874 H. Sidgwick Methods of Ethics (1877) 371 (note) It will be convenient to use the terms ‘felicific’ and ‘infelicific’ for ‘productive of happiness’ and the reverse.
1874 H. Sidgwick Methods of Ethics (1877) 423 The breach of any moral rule is pro tanto infelicific from its injurious effects on moral habits generally.
1890 M. Macmillan Promotion Happiness i. 3 The infelicific consequences which would result to them from the knowledge of our better fortunes.
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