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Whimsy is the combination of [[Humour|humor]], oddity, and [[Pleasure|pleasantness]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cambridge Dictionary |title=Whimsy |url=https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/whimsy |url-status=live |access-date=June 10th 2022 |website=Cambridge Dictionary}}</ref> present in film, literature, and [[Visual arts|visual art]], as well as in [[Personality|human personality]]. It is the trait of being playful, fanciful, and delightful, rather than serving a specific logical purpose,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Collins Dictionary |title=Whimsical |url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/whimsical |url-status=live |access-date=June 10th |website=Collins Dictionary}}</ref> and is related to the feeling of doing something on the spur of the moment.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Poland |first=Warren |date=2010 |title=Whimsy |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1002/j.2167-4086.2010.tb00446.x?journalCode=upaq20 |journal=The Psychoanalytic Quarterly |volume=79 |issue=1 |pages=235 - 240}}</ref> Whimsy is considered a positive aesthetic, antithetical to fear, sadness, and danger.<ref name=":0" /> |
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Whimsy is the combination of humor, oddity, and pleasantness[1] present in film, literature, and visual art, as well as in human personality. It is the trait of being playful, fanciful, and delightful, rather than serving a specific logical purpose,[2] and is related to the feeling of doing something on the spur of the moment.[3] Whimsy is considered a positive aesthetic, antithetical to fear, sadness, and danger.[3]
References
- ^ Cambridge Dictionary. "Whimsy". Cambridge Dictionary. Retrieved June 10th 2022.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=(help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Collins Dictionary. "Whimsical". Collins Dictionary. Retrieved June 10th.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=(help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b Poland, Warren (2010). "Whimsy". The Psychoanalytic Quarterly. 79 (1): 235–240.