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[For the entire collection see Zbl 0719.00020.] \(\Gamma\)-fuzzy functionals generalize both the lower and upper conjugation (well known in convex analysis) and the lower and upper limits along families of sets. In particular, every \(\Gamma\)-functional is a \(\Gamma\)-fuzzy functional because of the Greco representation theorem. If \(S\) is a mapping \(\overline{\mathbb{R}}^ X\) to \(\overline{\mathbb{R}}\), then the corresponding upper and lower \(\Gamma\)-fuzzy functionals are \[ \Gamma(S^ -)f=\sup_{w\in\overline\mathbb{R}^ X}\Bigl[S(w){\underset {.} +}\inf_{x\in X}\bigl(f(x)\dot - w(x)\bigr)\Bigr], \] \[ \Gamma(S^ +)f=\inf_{w\in\overline\mathbb{R}^ X}\Bigl[S(w)\dotplus \inf_{x\in X}\bigl(f(x){\underset {.} -} w(x)\bigr)\Bigr]. \] The paper gives conditions for \(\Gamma(S^ -)=\Gamma(R^ +)\) and studies a special class of convolutive functionals defined by \[ \nabla_ P f=\sup_{p\in P} \inf(f{\underset {.} -}p);\qquad \nabla_ P f=\inf_{p\in P}\sup(f\dot - p) \] for \({\mathcal P}\subset\overline\mathbb{R}^ X\). Flexible \(\Gamma\)-fuzzy functionals constitute another special class of functionals that coincide with unilateral limits on some families of functions satisfying a growth condition. Their application enables one to considerably extend the Moreau-Yosida theorem. In subsequent work of the author and \textit{G. H. Greco} [C. R. Acad. Sci., Paris, Sér. I 312, No. 1, 113-118 (1991; Zbl 0759.49004)] it has turned out that \(\Gamma\)-fuzzy functionals coincide with the niveloïds, the isotone functionals \(T: \overline\mathbb{R}^ X\to\overline\mathbb{R}\) that fulfil \(T(f+r)=T(f)+r\) for every \(r\in\mathbb{R}\). Many facts concerning the structure of niveloïds can be found in this note.