Pleasure
Pleasure noun - The feeling experienced when one's wishes are met.
Stimulation and pleasure are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Stimulation" instead a noun "Pleasure".
Stimulation
Stimulation noun - The act of arousing an organism to action.
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Synonyms for Stimulation
Pleasure and stimulation are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Pleasure" instead a noun "Stimulation".
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- Water Lily of Wild Cards undergoes this in volume five, after Ti Malice turns her into a junkie for his "kiss" — direct stimulation of the brain's pleasure centres.
Source: Break The Cutie / Literature - It's explicitly written in the Catechism (the big book of doctrine) that "deliberate stimulation of the genitals for sexual pleasure" is a grave matter that is capable of sending one directly to hell.
Source: Self-Abuse -
The book's villain, who aims to prove that free will is an illusion created to cover up the mass of cognitive processes that take us through the day, abducts a porn star and uses direct nerve stimulation to put her in the throes of pleasure.
Source: Electric Instant Gratification
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