Compersion

//kəmˈpɜːʒn̩//

Synonyms for "compersion"

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Translations

11 translations across 9 languages.

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Finnish

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  • myötäilo noun (vicarious joy associated with seeing one’s partner have a joyful romantic or sexual relationship with another person)

French

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  • compersion noun (vicarious joy associated with seeing one’s partner have a joyful romantic or sexual relationship with another person)

German

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  • Mitfreude noun (vicarious joy associated with seeing one’s partner have a joyful romantic or sexual relationship with another person)

Italian

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  • compersione noun (vicarious joy associated with seeing one’s partner have a joyful romantic or sexual relationship with another person)

Norwegian

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  • kompersjon noun (vicarious joy associated with seeing one’s partner have a joyful romantic or sexual relationship with another person)

Polish

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  • wspólna radość noun (vicarious joy associated with seeing one’s partner have a joyful romantic or sexual relationship with another person)
  • współradość noun (vicarious joy associated with seeing one’s partner have a joyful romantic or sexual relationship with another person)
  • wzajemna radość noun (vicarious joy associated with seeing one’s partner have a joyful romantic or sexual relationship with another person)

Portuguese

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  • compersão noun (vicarious joy associated with seeing one’s partner have a joyful romantic or sexual relationship with another person)

Spanish

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  • compersión noun (vicarious joy associated with seeing one’s partner have a joyful romantic or sexual relationship with another person)

Swedish

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  • medglädje noun (vicarious joy associated with seeing one’s partner have a joyful romantic or sexual relationship with another person)

Sample sentences

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A major component of jealousy, for many people, is the suspicion or resentment of the rival. In Kerista, on the other hand, the relationship that every man had with the other men and that every woman had with the other women elicited what they called "compersion" rather than jealousy. "Compersion is the positive warm feeling you experience when you see two of your partners having fun with each other. It's the antonym of jealousy."

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There is nothing either magical or wrong with sex with more than one person at the same time. […] The beautiful thing about this dynamic is that it offers opportunities for compersion (the opposite of jealousy) and is symbolic of the expansiveness and unity we can feel in our love for each other.

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Some polyamorous people experience compersion, which means feeling joy that one’s partner is sharing closeness with another person[…]. [M. C.] Keener's (2004) study participants noted an absence of worry as to whether their partners might be cheating, since the permission to take other lovers was granted freely.

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One last quality that cannot go unmentioned in any discussion of open relationships is compersion, a concept that may be new to many readers. Compersion is taking joy in your partner's pleasure or happiness with another partner. […] Some practitioners of polyamory think of compersion as the opposite of jealousy, or at least the antidote to jealousy. Given the problems (and drama) ignited by jealousy, you can see how compersion can go a long way toward creating a foundation for pleasure and generosity in any relationship.

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