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ressentiments

ressentiments is the plural of ressentiment.

Meaning of ressentiment

Noun

ressentiment (countable and uncountable, plural ressentiments)

  1. (social psychology) A sense of resentment arising from deep-seated feelings of envy or hatred, leading the resentful one to blame it on an external agent.
    • 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...1973, Philippa Foot, “Nietzsche: The Revaluation of Values”, in Robert C. Solomon, Garden City, editors, Nietzsche: A Collection of Critical Essays, New York: Anchor Books, page 157

Questions about ressentiments

What is ressentiments the plural of?
Ressentiments is the plural of ressentiment.

Words near ressentiments in the dictionary

  1. ressaldars
  2. ressaut
  3. ressauts
  4. ressed
  5. ressentiment
  6. ressentiments
  7. resses
  8. Ressich
  9. ressie
  10. ressies
  11. ressing

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