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English
Etymology
From French ressentiment, from an archaic usage of the verb ressentir, via Old French sentir from Latin sentiō, sentīre (“to feel”). Doublet of resentment and ressentiment.
Pronunciation
- enPR: rĭ-zĕnʹtē-mənt, IPA(key): /ɹɪˈzɛn.ti.mənt/
- Hyphenation: re‧sen‧ti‧ment
Noun
resentiment (plural resentiments)
- Feeling or sense of anything; the state of being deeply affected by anything.
- Obsolete form of resentment.
Further reading
- “resentiment”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “resentiment”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “resentiment”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914), “resentiment; resentment”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, revised edition, volume IV, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 5100, column 2.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French ressentiment, from an archaic usage of the verb ressentir, via Old French sentir from Latin sentiō, sentīre (“to feel”).
Noun
resentiment n (plural resentimente)
- resentment (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
Declension