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Resentment

Resentment (also called ranklement or bitterness) is a complex, multilayered emotion that has been described as a mixture of disappointment, disgust and anger. Other psychologists consider it a mood or as a secondary emotion (including cognitive elements) that can be elicited in the face of insult or injury.

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Comparison with anger

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Alcoholism and bigotry

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Resentment

Nodes53
Edges52
Triples66
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.037736
Components1

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Resentment

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related to Literary examples · 13
Resentment → Both Nietzsche, Douglas, English, French, German, Lawrence, Norman Douglas, Other, Scheler, Sociologist Zygmunt Bauman, The, We, While
related to Philosophical perspectives · 11
Resentment → He, Heraclitus, Max Scheler, Nietzsche, Philosopher Robert, Ressentiment, Rousseau's, Rousseau-esque Romanticism, Scheler, Solomon, We
related to Alcoholism and bigotry · 7
Resentment → AA, After, Alcoholics Anonymous, Finally, It, The, The Twelve Steps
related to Comparison with anger · 7
Resentment → Anger, Austin, Robert, Solomon, Steven Stosny, Texas, University
related to Coping · 5
Resentment → Because, By, Resentful, Spiteful, To
related to Comparison with conviction · 4
Resentment → An, Self-reflection, The, Whereas
is a · 3
Resentment → defensive way to mentally punish, obstacle to the restoration of equal moral relations among persons.Resentment and spite also share a connection of self-harm, perception of unfairness
related to Function · 3
Resentment → Alice MacLachlan, Indeed, What
related to Physical expression · 3
Resentment → However, It, Unlike
has cause · 2
Resentment → Common, Thus

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anger also person emotion feelings emotions resentful past way one injury situations individual negative others values present including spite experience

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Resentmentis aperception of unfairness0.90text
Resentmentis aobstacle to the restoration of equal moral relations among persons.Resentment and spite also share a connection of self-harm0.90text
Resentmentis adefensive way to mentally punish0.90text
accepting negative treatment without voicing any protestinstance ofCommon sources of resentment include publicly humiliating incidents0.80text
angerinstance ofphysical expressions associated with related emotions0.80text
envy may be exhibitedinstance ofphysical expressions associated with related emotions0.80text
such as furrowed brows or bared teeth.Resentment can be self-diagnosed by looking for signs such as the need for emotion regulationinstance ofphysical expressions associated with related emotions0.80text
faking happiness while with a person to cover true feelings toward theminstance ofphysical expressions associated with related emotions0.80text
or speaking in a sarcastic or demeaning way to or about the personinstance ofphysical expressions associated with related emotions0.80text
Resentmenthas causeCommon0.60section
Resentmenthas causeThus0.60section
Resentmentrelated to Alcoholism and bigotryAlcoholics Anonymous0.60section

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