Ability and Joy

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Ability noun - The physical or mental power to do something.

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Joy and ability are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Joy" instead a noun "Ability".

Nearby Word: able

Joy noun - A feeling or state of well-being and contentment.

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Ability and joy are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ability" instead a noun "Joy".

Nearby Words: joyful, joyous, joyless, joyfully, joyously

human	human ability	human joy
particular	particular ability	particular joy
certain	certain ability	certain joy
single	single ability	single joy
Other adjectives: active, real, extreme, great, main, general, apparent, greater, said, magical.

There he is instead depicted as a man who's nigh-godlike powers have ruined his ability to feel joy to the point where he can only feel it when destruction is involved.

Source: Being Evil Sucks
Neuroma then points out that Arachne seems to take an odd amount of joy in using her ability to telepathically control spiders.

Source: Webcomic / Kong Tower
Joy also demonstrates the ability to rewind a happy memory into a sad one then back again, though this is closer to viewing multiple memories than actually changing one.

Source: Western Animation / Inside Out

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