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MIND emotion

Spite

Resentment expressed as the desire to diminish — making them feel what you felt.

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Classical Definition

A malicious motivation to harm, frustrate, or humiliate another person, even at cost to oneself. It combines resentment with a retaliatory impulse and is considered a negative social emotion that can lead to costly punishment behavior.

About

Spite is resentment that has found a direction. It is the wish, conscious or not, that the person who caused pain should experience some version of it. It is among the least satisfying of all emotional projects.

Same Wavelength

Resentment A past wound kept alive by the… → Anger Resistance protecting hidden fear or emotional pain.… → Bitterness Unresolved hurt that has become a worldview.… → Contempt Looking down on someone. The mirror of… → Rancor Deep, aged resentment — bitterness that has… →

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