freudenfreude
freudenfreude noun: synonym of confelicity (“pleasure in another's happiness”).
Noun
freudenfreude (plural not attested)
- Synonym of confelicity (“pleasure in another's happiness”).
- To end on a positive note, let's talk a little about freudenfreude, which is the opposite of schadenfreude—it's the enjoyment of another's success. It's also a subset of empathy.2021, Brené Brown, Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience, Random House, →ISBN, page 36
- Finding pleasure in another person’s good fortune is what social scientists call “freudenfreude,” a term (inspired by the German word for “joy”) that describes the bliss we feel when someone else succeeds, even if it doesn’t directly involve us. Freudenfreude is like social glue, said Catherine...2022 November 25, Juli Fraga, “The Opposite of Schadenfreude Is Freudenfreude. Here’s How to Cultivate It.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 24 Mar 2023
- Synonyms:
- confelicity
Synonyms of freudenfreude
Origin of freudenfreude
Pseudo-Germanism, derived from German Freude + -n- + Freude, by analogy with schadenfreude.
Questions about freudenfreude
- What does freudenfreude mean?
- Freudenfreude means synonym of confelicity (“pleasure in another's happiness”).
- What part of speech is freudenfreude?
- Freudenfreude is a noun.
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