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Resentment vs Ressentiment - What's the difference?

resentment | ressentiment |

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between resentment and ressentiment

is that resentment is (obsolete) satisfaction; gratitude while ressentiment is (obsolete).

As nouns the difference between resentment and ressentiment

is that resentment is a feeling of anger or displeasure stemming from belief that one has been wronged by others or betrayed; indignation while ressentiment is (obsolete).

resentment

English

Noun

  • A feeling of anger or displeasure stemming from belief that one has been wronged by others or betrayed; indignation.
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  • * 1812 ,
    • Amongst the most violent against him was Mrs. Bennet, whose dislike of his general behaviour was sharpened into particular resentment by his having slighted one of her daughters.
  • (obsolete) The state of holding something in the mind as a subject of contemplation, or of being inclined to reflect upon it; feeling; impression.
  • * Dr. H. More
    • He retains vivid resentments of the more solid morality.
  • * Jeremy Taylor
    • It is a greater wonder that so many of them die, with so little resentment of their danger.
  • (obsolete) satisfaction; gratitude
  • * 1651 , The Council Book
    • The Council taking notice of the many good services performed by Mr. John Milton have thought fit to declare their resentment and good acceptance of the same.

    See also

    * dudgeon * umbrage

    ressentiment

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (obsolete)
  • * 1973 , (Philippa Foot), “Nietzsche: The Revaluation of Values” in Nietzsche: A Collection of Critical Essays , edited by : , ISBN 0385033443, page 157:
    • 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.
  • * ibidem , page 167:
    • If his attack on Christian morality and on other moralities is going to be worth anything he has got to be right'' about the effect of teaching pity and justice?—?that it merely hides the ''ressentiment of the weak while it does injury to the strong.
  • * 2011 , (Steven Pinker), The Better Angels of Our Nature , Penguin 2012, page 632:
    • Historians such as Liah Greenfield and Daniel Chirot have attributed the major wars and genocides in the early decades of the 20th century to ressentiment in Germany and Russia.

    External links

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