bliss pointn.

Brit.

/ˈblɪs pɔɪnt/, U.S.

/ˈblɪs ˌpɔɪnt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bliss n., point n.¹

Etymology: < bliss n. + point n.¹

1. Chiefly Economics. Originally: that combination of private and public goods which results in an optimal level of social well-being. Later, more broadly: the point at which multiple variable factors interact to produce the best possible situation; a condition of maximum attainable satisfaction; esp. the level of personal consumption or wealth at which a person's satisfaction is not enhanced (and may be diminished) by any further increase.Quot. 1954 shows a slightly earlier use of the compound attainable-bliss point in the same sense, by the author of quot. 1955.

ΚΠ

1954 P. A. Samuelson in Rev. Econ. & Statistics 36 388/2 In terms of communication theory and game terminology, each person is motivated to do the signalling of his tastes needed to define and reach the attainable-bliss point.]

1955 P. A. Samuelson in Rev. Econ. & Statistics 37 353/1 Obviously society cannot be best off inside the utility frontier. Where then on the utility frontier will the ‘best obtainable bliss point’ be?

1975 Ethics 85 319 Malcolm might think that a house in the suburbs would take him one-fourth of the way closer to his bliss point, but after he has moved into it he might find that he is not so keen on it after all.

2014 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 15 Jan. Beyond the ‘bliss point’ people with more wealth had greater aspirations, and the pressure to try and fulfill these aspirations counterbalanced the positive effect of income.

2. The proportion of an ingredient in a food, or of a combination of ingredients (especially sugar, salt, and fat), which a person finds most enjoyable and difficult to resist.

ΚΠ

1979 Daily Mail 3 May 12 You can keep adding sugar to a product and the liking will keep going up until it reaches the ‘bliss point’—then it maximises and goes down again.

2006 New Yorker 22 May 45/3 Adults who are offered drinks of different sugar concentrations tend to reach a ‘bliss point’ at about nine teaspoons per cup.

2018 @DDsD 31 Aug. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) I could eat Lindt sea salt chocolate non stop until I died. They've found the bliss point.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bliss point
释义	bliss pointn. Brit. /ˈblɪs pɔɪnt/, U.S. /ˈblɪs ˌpɔɪnt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bliss n., point n.¹ Etymology: < bliss n. + point n.¹ 1. Chiefly Economics. Originally: that combination of private and public goods which results in an optimal level of social well-being. Later, more broadly: the point at which multiple variable factors interact to produce the best possible situation; a condition of maximum attainable satisfaction; esp. the level of personal consumption or wealth at which a person's satisfaction is not enhanced (and may be diminished) by any further increase.Quot. 1954 shows a slightly earlier use of the compound attainable-bliss point in the same sense, by the author of quot. 1955. ΚΠ 1954 P. A. Samuelson in Rev. Econ. & Statistics 36 388/2 In terms of communication theory and game terminology, each person is motivated to do the signalling of his tastes needed to define and reach the attainable-bliss point.] 1955 P. A. Samuelson in Rev. Econ. & Statistics 37 353/1 Obviously society cannot be best off inside the utility frontier. Where then on the utility frontier will the ‘best obtainable bliss point’ be? 1975 Ethics 85 319 Malcolm might think that a house in the suburbs would take him one-fourth of the way closer to his bliss point, but after he has moved into it he might find that he is not so keen on it after all. 2014 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 15 Jan. Beyond the ‘bliss point’ people with more wealth had greater aspirations, and the pressure to try and fulfill these aspirations counterbalanced the positive effect of income. 2. The proportion of an ingredient in a food, or of a combination of ingredients (especially sugar, salt, and fat), which a person finds most enjoyable and difficult to resist. ΚΠ 1979 Daily Mail 3 May 12 You can keep adding sugar to a product and the liking will keep going up until it reaches the ‘bliss point’—then it maximises and goes down again. 2006 New Yorker 22 May 45/3 Adults who are offered drinks of different sugar concentrations tend to reach a ‘bliss point’ at about nine teaspoons per cup. 2018 @DDsD 31 Aug. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) I could eat Lindt sea salt chocolate non stop until I died. They've found the bliss point. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1955
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