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Are Finns the happiest because they keep expectations in check?

e Britons have about 60 words for happiness: blissfulness, ecstasy, pleasure, delight … The list is as varied as it is surprising, given that we only just scraped into the top 20 happiest countries in the world this year. Finns, who have been named the happiest nation for the sixth year running, are either or . The latter roughly translates as joyful or glad: you might be that you’re heading off on holiday. , on the

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