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Gratitude, thankfulness or gratefulness, from the Latin word gratus, meaning "pleasing" or "thankful", is regarded as a feeling of appreciation (or similar positive response) by a recipient of another's kindness, gifts, help, favours, or other form of generosity to the giver of such gifts. The absence of gratitude where gratitude is expected is called ingratitude or ungratefulness. Historically, gratitude has been a part of several world religions. It also has been a topic of interest to ancient, medieval, and modern philosophers.The systematic study of gratitude within the field of psychology began in 1998 when Martin Seligman introduced a new branch of psychology, positive psychology, which focuses on reinforcement of positive traits. The study of gratitude in psychology has included the attempt to understand the short term experience of the gratitude response (state gratitude), individual differences in how frequently gratitude is felt among individuals (trait gratitude), and the relationship between these two, as well as the therapeutic benefits of gratitude.

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