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Definition of Ressentiment
1. Noun. A sense of resentment, hostility and perhaps jealousy directed at that which one identifies as the cause of one's frustration, an assignation of blame. ¹
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Definition of Ressentiment
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ressentiment
Literary usage of Ressentiment
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1. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"... also spelt ressentiment. — O.'F. resentir, ressentir. 'Se ressentir, to taste
fully, have a sensible apprehension of; se ressentir de ..."