Ressentiment

See also: ressentiment and resentiment

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French ressentiment, from an archaic usage of the verb ressentir, via Old French sentir from Latin sentiō, sentīre (“to feel”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rɛsãtiˈmãː/, [ʁɛsɑ̃tiˈmɑ̃ː], [ʁəsɑ̃tiˈmɑ̃ː]
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  • Hyphenation: Res‧sen‧ti‧ment
  • Rhymes: -ãː

Noun

Ressentiment n (strong, genitive Ressentiments, plural Ressentiments)

  1. resentment
    Near-synonyms: Groll m, Missgunst f, Unmut m, Verbitterung f
    Den Nachbarn zu kennen, beugt Ressentiments vor. ― Knowing your neighbours prevents resentment.
    Mit vielen vermeintlich sachlichen Argumenten und Statistiken rechtfertigt er seine Ressentiments und seine nationalistische Haltung.
    He justifies his resentment and nationalistic attitude with many supposedly objective arguments and statistics.

Declension

Declension of Ressentiment [neuter, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Ressentiment die Ressentiments
genitive eines des Ressentiments der Ressentiments
dative einem dem Ressentiment den Ressentiments
accusative ein das Ressentiment die Ressentiments

Descendants

  • English: → ressentiment (semantic loan)

See also

Further reading

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