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单词 ressentiment
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Definition of ressentiment in English:

ressentiment

noun rəˈsɒ̃tɪmɒ̃rəˌsäntəˈmän
mass noun
  • A psychological state resulting from suppressed feelings of envy and hatred which cannot be satisfied.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • ‘The man of ressentiment is characterised by the invasion of consciousness by mnemonic traces, the ascent of memory into consciousness itself’.
    • Rousseau's return to nature, he affirms, reeks of reactivity, self-loathing and ressentiment against the aristocratic culture.
    • The revolt in social ethics begins when ressentiment turns creative and gives death to values-the ressentiment of beings who, deprived of the direct outlet of creativity, compensate by an all too real vengeance.
    • No doubt there is ressentiment, but it is ressentiment with a multitude of reasons that we need to understand, if not accept.
    • Such objections can reveal the objectors' ressentiment, but they can also contain some truth.

Origin

Via German (used by Nietzsche in this sense) from French ressentiment 'feeling'.

 
 

Definition of ressentiment in US English:

ressentiment

nounrəˌsäntəˈmän
  • A psychological state arising from suppressed feelings of envy and hatred that cannot be acted upon, frequently resulting in some form of self-abasement.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • No doubt there is ressentiment, but it is ressentiment with a multitude of reasons that we need to understand, if not accept.
    • Rousseau's return to nature, he affirms, reeks of reactivity, self-loathing and ressentiment against the aristocratic culture.
    • ‘The man of ressentiment is characterised by the invasion of consciousness by mnemonic traces, the ascent of memory into consciousness itself’.
    • Such objections can reveal the objectors' ressentiment, but they can also contain some truth.
    • The revolt in social ethics begins when ressentiment turns creative and gives death to values-the ressentiment of beings who, deprived of the direct outlet of creativity, compensate by an all too real vengeance.

Origin

Via German (used by Nietzsche in this sense) from French ressentiment ‘feeling’.

 
 
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