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PRONUNCIATION OF RESSENTIMENT

ressentiment  [rəsɑ̃ntɪmɑ̃] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RESSENTIMENT

noun
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ressentiment is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES RESSENTIMENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Ressentiment

Ressentiment, in philosophy and psychology, is one of the forms of resentment or hostility. It is the French word for "resentment". Ressentiment is a sense of hostility directed at that which one identifies as the cause of one's frustration, that is, an assignment of blame for one's frustration. The sense of weakness or inferiority and perhaps jealousy in the face of the "cause" generates a rejecting/justifying value system, or morality, which attacks or denies the perceived source of one's frustration. The ego creates an enemy in order to insulate itself from culpability.

Definition of ressentiment in the English dictionary

The definition of ressentiment in the dictionary is a feeling of resentment and hostility, usually chronic, coupled with an inability to express the feeling or to act to change the situation.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RESSENTIMENT


accouchement
akuʃmɑ̃
anti-roman
ɑ̃tirɔmɑ̃
avalement
ɑvɑlˈmɑ̃
delassement
delasmɑ̃
eboulement
ebulmɑ̃
eclaircissement
eklɛʀsismɑ̃
egarement
eɡaʀmɑ̃
emboitement
ɑ̃bwatmɑ̃
empressement
ɑ̃presmɑ̃
evenement
evenmɑ̃
rapprochement
raprɔʃmɑ̃

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RESSENTIMENT

responsories
responsory
responsum
respool
respot
respray
respread
respring
resprout
ressaldar
rest
rest area
rest camp
rest centre
rest day
rest mass
rest on one´s laurels
rest on one´s oars
rest period
rest room

WORDS THAT END LIKE RESSENTIMENT

accompaniment
advertisement
aliment
compliment
condiment
control experiment
detriment
embodiment
experiment
impediment
liniment
merriment
parachute regiment
piment
presentiment
raiment
regiment
rudiment
sediment
sentiment
speech impediment

Synonyms and antonyms of ressentiment in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «ressentiment» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RESSENTIMENT

Find out the translation of ressentiment to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ressentiment from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ressentiment» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

愤恨之情
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ressentiment
570 millions of speakers

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ressentiment
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ressentiment
380 millions of speakers
ar

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ressentiment
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

рессентимент
278 millions of speakers

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ressentiment
270 millions of speakers

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ressentiment
260 millions of speakers

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ressentiment
220 millions of speakers

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Ressentiment
190 millions of speakers

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Ressentiment
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ルサンチマン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

ressentiment
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ressentiment
85 millions of speakers
vi

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ressentiment
80 millions of speakers

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ressentiment
75 millions of speakers

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Ressentiment
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hınç duygusu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

risentimento
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

resentymentem
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

рессентімент
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

resentimentului
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ressentiment
15 millions of speakers
af

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ressentiment
14 millions of speakers
sv

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ressentiment
10 millions of speakers
no

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ressentiment
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ressentiment

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RESSENTIMENT»

The term «ressentiment» is normally little used and occupies the 108.772 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RESSENTIMENT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ressentiment

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RESSENTIMENT»

Discover the use of ressentiment in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ressentiment and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Nietzsche and Scheler on Ressentiment and Christian Morality
This thesis will explore both Nietzsche's claim in The Genealogy of Morals that Christian morality harbors an inversion of values and Scheler's response in Ressentiment.
Jason L. Hills, 2006
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Ressentiment
Scheler's response is multi-faceted but centers on Nietzsche's failure to understand the nature of Christian love.
Max Scheler, 1994
3
Bitter Carnival: Ressentiment and the Abject Hero
In Bitter Carnival, Michael Andr Bernstein explores this contradiction and defines a new figure: the Abject Hero.
Michael André Bernstein, 1992
4
Nietzsche and Philosophy
Nietzsche is not simply saying that ressentiment is a sickness, but rather that sickness as such is a form of ressentiment (EH I 6). 3 Typology of Ressentimenf The first aspect of ressentiment is therefore topological. There is a topology of ...
Gilles Deleuze, 2006
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Scheler's Ethical Personalism: Its Logic, Development, and ...
Kessentiment The recognition that resentment, or more precisely ressentiment,5 can play a key role in determining basic perception of values and their hierarchy, and thus of the judgments based upon such perception, is not original with ...
Peter H. Spader, 2002
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Nietzsche's Conscience: Six Character Studies from the Genealogy
One can see, says Nietzsche, in an unhelpfully condensed formula, "who has the invention of 'bad conscience' on his conscience — the man of ressentiment!" (GM II.n). The slave, denied release from the tensions of his "raw" bad conscience ...
Aaron Ridley, 1998
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The Alcoholic Society: Addiction and Recovery of the Self
Scheler suggests that for the man or woman of ressentiment, this cluster of emotional feelings comes to form the center of their personality. Such persons look out on the world of interaction through the negative framework that ressentiment ...
Norman Kent Denzin, 1993
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Friedrich Nietzsche and the Politics of Transfiguration
process of allocating responsibility and blame for the pain one suffers; in ressentiment, one takes the outside world seriously as a cause of the pain one suffers, and thereby assumes that if only one could deal with the outside world the pain ...
Tracy B. Strong, 1988
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Why Nietzsche Still?: Reflections on Drama, Culture, and ...
and only denote an abiding, pure or static condition: the "state" of ressentiment is not in itself a "destiny." Three insights into the concept of ressentiment will serve to illustrate this. First, Claudia Crawford's analysis of ressentiment is instructive ...
Alan D. Schrift, 2000
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The Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Nietzsche on Morality
COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST ESSAY Ressentiment "The beginning of the slaves' revolt in morality," writes Nietzsche, "occurs when ressentiment itself turns creative and gives birth to values: the ressentiment of those beings who, being ...
Brian Leiter, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RESSENTIMENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ressentiment is used in the context of the following news items.
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En Syrie, le ressentiment arabe face à l'alliance américano-kurde
L'étroite alliance entre forces kurdes de Syrie et la coalition menée par Washington contre le groupe État islamique a engendré des victoires mais aussi un ... «L'Orient-Le Jour, Jul 15»
2
Entre Bruxelles et le FMI, le ressentiment s'accentue
Christine Lagarde, directrice générale du FMI. Le conseil d'administration du FMI a longuement pesé le pour et le contre avant de publierson rapport sur la dette ... «Les Échos, Jul 15»
3
Feminismus und Ressentiment
In diesem Fall ist es das Ressentiment gegen erfolgreiche, unabhängige Frauen wie von Rönne selbst, die ohne gewerkschaftlichen Schutz und Solidarität ... «derStandard.at, Jun 15»
4
Nietzsche's 'ressentiment' alive and well today
Nietzsche argued that one of the most powerful forces in society was "ressentiment." Similar to the everyday word "resentment," ressentiment lay at the heart of ... «Baltimore Sun, Jun 15»
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Jonah Goldberg: Nietzsche's 'ressentiment' alive and well today
Nietzsche argued that one of the most powerful forces in society was “ressentiment.” Similar to the everyday word “resentment,” ressentiment lay at the heart of ... «The Saratogian, Jun 15»
6
Goldberg: Nietzche's 'ressentiment' alive and well
Nietzsche argued that one of the most powerful forces in society was “ressentiment.” Similar to the everyday word “resentment,” ressentiment lay at the heart of ... «Amarillo.com, Jun 15»
7
Zakya Daoud : l'État islamique et le ressentiment arabe
Mais cette culture du ressentiment, extrêmement présente dans le monde arabe, ne doit pas empêcher de considérer ses propres difficultés. Il n'y a jamais eu ... «Le Point, May 15»
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Contre la France du ressentiment et des obsessions xénophobes
Contre la France du ressentiment et des obsessions xénophobes. 27 mai 2015 | Par François Bonnet. « Notre France », ce projet vidéo réalisé par Louise ... «Mediapart, May 15»
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Aus Skepsis wurde Ressentiment
Gerade weil sie oft zum Ressentiment und zum Hau-drauf-Gestus hin offen ist, wäre es wichtig, dass diese Skepsis nicht frei durch die Seelen und den ... «DIE WELT, May 15»
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Autour de… honte, malaise, inquiétude, ressentiment
Qu'est-ce qui distingue la littérature des autres discours ? Cette question vertigineuse hante les théoriciens depuis toujours, et les réponses données oscillent le ... «Fabula, May 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Ressentiment [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/ressentiment>. Apr 2024 ».
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