What is the inverse of schaedenfreude? [duplicate]
If schadenfreude is pleasure from another’s misery, what is displeasure caused by another’s success.
Solution 1:
what is displeasure caused by another’s success.
Why envy of course:
A feeling of discontent and resentment aroused by and in conjunction with desire for the possessions or qualities of another.
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a feeling of resentful discontent, begrudging admiration, or covetousness with regard to another's advantages, possessions, or attainments; desire for something possessed by another.
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary
Cf. jealousness:
Traditional usage holds that we are jealous when we fear losing something that is important to us and envious when we desire that which someone else has. In this view, one might experience jealousy upon seeing one's spouse flirt with another (because of the fear of losing the spouse), while one might experience envy upon seeing a friend with an attractive date (because of one's desire to have an attractive date of one's own). In common usage, this distinction is not always observed, and jealousy and jealous are often used in situations that involve envy. ...
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