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infelicific, a. Ethics.|ɪnfiːlɪˈsɪfɪk| [f. L. infēlīx, infēlīci- unhappy, after felicific.] Productive of unhappiness.
1874Sidgwick Meth. Ethics (1877) 371 note, It will be convenient to use the terms ‘felicific’ and ‘infelicific’ for ‘productive of happiness’ and the reverse. Ibid. 423 The breach of any moral rule is pro tanto infelicific from its injurious effects on moral habits generally. 1890M. Macmillan Promotion Happiness i. 3 The infelicific consequences which would result to them from the knowledge of our better fortunes. |