Ressentiment Definition
rə-säɴtē-mäɴ
noun
A feeling of bitter anger or resentment together with a sense of frustration at being powerless to express this hostility overtly.
Webster's New World
Origin of Ressentiment
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From the French ressentiment, in the second sense after the German Ressentiment. Compare resentment.
From Wiktionary
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French resentment from Old French ressentement from resentir to feel strongly resent
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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