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  2. Revenge - Wikipedia

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    Justice and Divine Vengeance Pursuing Crime by Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, c. 1805 –1808. Revenge is defined as committing a harmful action against a person or group in response to a grievance, be it real [1] or perceived. [2]

  3. Revanchism - Wikipedia

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    In Albert Bettannier's La Tache Noire (The Black Stain, 1887) French students are taught about the provinces of Alsace-Lorraine, taken by Germany in 1871.. Revanchism (French: revanchisme, from revanche, "revenge") is the political manifestation of the will to reverse the territorial losses which are incurred by a country, frequently after a war or after a social movement.

  4. Post-traumatic embitterment disorder - Wikipedia

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    Post-traumatic embitterment disorder (PTED) is defined as a pathological reaction to a negative life event, which those affected experienced as a grave insult, humiliation, betrayal, or injustice. Prevalent emotions of PTED are embitterment, anger , fury, and hatred , especially against the triggering stressor , often accompanied by fantasies ...

  5. Onryō - Wikipedia

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    The characters in these works are almost exclusively women who were wronged in life and returned as onryō to wreak havoc on the living and obtain revenge. [18] In The Ring Sadako Yamamura is the main antagonist. Her origin is from the Ring novel series by Koji Suzuki, where she haunts and kills people through tapes on a TV. Before her death ...

  6. Vengeful ghost - Wikipedia

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    Vengeful ghosts have been featured in many contemporary movies of different countries such as Candyman, The Grudge, The Pit and the Pendulum, Mostly Ghostly: Who Let the Ghosts Out?, Poltergeist, Ghost, The Fog, High Plains Drifter, The Ward, Cassadaga, Kaal, Left for Dead, Bees Saal Baad, Darling, ParaNorman, Ragini MMS, Stree, Dark Shadows and the Troublesome Night film series, as well as ...

  7. List of legendary creatures by type - Wikipedia

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    Tsukumogami – objects that come to life, of their own accord, after 100 years; Tulpa (Tibetan Buddhism) – creature brought to life through meditation; Tupilaq – large statues brought to life to serve witches and shamans; Ushabti – clay guardians/assistants

  8. Termagant - Wikipedia

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    Thomas Shadwell's play The Squire of Alsatia (1688) contains a character called Mrs Termagant who is out for revenge on one of the other characters, and is described as a "furious, malicious, and revengeful woman; perpetually plaguing him, and crossing him in all his designs; pursuing him continually with her malice, even to the attempting of ...

  9. Personality change - Wikipedia

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    Historical context also affects personality change. Major life events can lead to changes in personality that can persist for more than a decade. [18] A longitudinal study followed women over 30 years and found that they showed increases in individualism. This may have been due to the changes that were occurring in their country at the time. [38]