English Explanatory Dictionary

ressentiment

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Obsolete form of resentment.
  2. a sense of resentment arising from deep-seated feelings of envy or hatred, leading the resentful one to blame it on an external agent.

Pronunciation

rə-säɴ'tē-mäɴʹ /ɹəˌsɑ̃.tiˈmɑ̃/ /ɹɛˌsɒ̃tɪˈmɒ̃/

Word forms

ressentiment ressentiments

Etymology

From French ressentiment, from an archaic usage of the verb ressentir, via Old French sentir from Latin sentiō, sentīre (“to feel”); in the second sense a semantic loan from German Ressentiment. Doublet of resentiment and resentment.

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