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Schadenfreude (/ ˈ ʃ ɑː d ən f r ɔɪ d ə /; German: [ˈʃaːdn̩ˌfʁɔʏ̯də] ⓘ; lit. Tooltip literal translation "harm-joy") is the experience of pleasure, joy, or self-satisfaction that comes from learning of or witnessing the troubles, failures, pain, suffering, or humiliation of another.
Schadenfreude, gloating, a malicious satisfaction obtained from the misfortunes of others; Sehnsucht, a yearning for an ideal alternative; Sorge, a state of worry, but (like Angst) in a less concrete, more general sense, worry about the world, one's future, etc. Umwelt, environment, literally: "surrounding world"; in semiotics, "self-centred world"
in german, schadenfreude ‘occurs’ within a context - meaning that the person suffering the schadenfreude of others 'earned' this in some shape of form. this could be an adversary, a politician, a celebrity or any other known person perceived as arrogant, deceitful or simply obnoxious etc…
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