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> This is why I stopped reading alumni newsletters. What is the reverse of
> schadenfreude?
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> ken
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The opposite of Schadenfreude is Envy. But when envy is mixed with a)
contempt for the grounds on which the other person triumphed, b) knowledge
that one could not oneself have succeeded on those grounds, c) resentment
because one feels oneself ignored and slighted, and d) awareness that, in
the present world, one will inevitably be ignored .... well, there's no one
word for that.
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