funktionslust

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Funktionslust.

Noun

funktionslust (uncountable)

1. A sense of joy or wellbeing an animal (including a human) gets from doing that which it is meant to do.
   • 2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, page 124:

     It's also argued that running is central to what keeps us most human and healthy - that in running, humans experience funktionslust.