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Ressentiment

//ɹəˌsɑ̃.tiˈmɑ̃// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Obsolete form of resentment. alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable
  2. 2
    a sense of resentment arising from deep-seated feelings of envy or hatred, leading the resentful one to blame it on an external agent. countable, uncountable

    "When the weak call the strong evil the move is not merely defensive; it is also an expression of that peculiar malice which Nietzsche referred to as ressentiment. Those who cultivate humility and the other propitiatory virtues to cloak their weakness nourish an envious resentment against those stronger than themselves."

Etymology

From French ressentiment, from an archaic usage of the verb ressentir, via Old French sentir from Latin sentiō, sentīre (“to feel”); in the second sense a semantic loan from German Ressentiment. Doublet of resentiment and resentment.

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