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Flourishing, or human flourishing, is the complete goodness of humans in a developmental life-span, that somehow includes positive psychological functioning and positive social functioning, along with other basic goods.
Flourish may refer to: Flourish, a 2006 comedic thriller; Flourish (fanfare), a ceremonial music passage; Flourishing, the state of positive social functioning; Flourish of approval, a symbol used for grading and correcting work; Card flourish, a showy movement of playing cards; A decorative curl in typography or handwriting, such as a swash
Latin: flōruit is the third-person singular perfect active indicative of the Latin verb flōreō, flōrēre "to bloom, flower, or flourish", from the noun flōs, flōris, "flower". [3] [2] Broadly, the term is employed in reference to the peak of activity for a person or movement.
Definition and context [ edit ] According to Seligman, for an element to be considered part of a well-being theory, it must possess three essential properties: it must contribute to well-being, be pursued by many people for its own sake rather than merely as a means to obtain other elements, and be defined and measured independently of the ...
In Flourish (2011), Seligman argued that the last category of his proposed three kinds of a happy life, "meaningful life", can be considered as three different categories. The resulting summary for this theory is the mnemonic acronym PERMA : Positive Emotions, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning and purpose, and Accomplishments.
A fanfare (or fanfarade or flourish) is a short musical flourish which is typically played by trumpets (including fanfare trumpets), French horns or other brass instruments, often accompanied by percussion. [1] It is a "brief improvised introduction to an instrumental performance". [2]
A swash is a typographical flourish, such as an exaggerated serif, terminal, tail, entry stroke, etc., on a glyph. [1] [2] [3] The use of swash characters dates back to at least the 16th century, as they can be seen in Ludovico Vicentino degli Arrighi's La Operina, which is dated 1522.
Extreme example of ornamentation as a fioritura from Chopin's Nocturne in D ♭ major. In music, ornaments or embellishments are musical flourishes—typically, added notes—that are not essential to carry the overall line of the melody (or harmony), but serve instead to decorate or "ornament" that line (or harmony), provide added interest and variety, and give the performer the opportunity ...