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.