Meanings
- rareuncountablePleasure in another person's happiness.
"It is the first time, is it not? Well, it is my earnest hope that this repast augurs the foundation of a mutual confelicity between us."
2002, Edward Cline, Sparrowhawk, Book Two: Hugh Kenick, MacAdam/Cage, →ISBN, page 1911 more example
This capacity of demonstrating confelicity which is experiencing joy in seeing the happiness and success of others can be seen as an important characteristic of youth mentoring relationships.
2020, Òscar Prieto-Flores, Jordi Feu, editors, Mentoring Children and Young People for Social Inclusion, Routledge, →ISBNAntonyms: schadenfreude
Synonyms & antonyms
nounPleasure in another person's happiness.
Origin
Learned borrowing from Latin con- (“with”) + fēlīcitās (“happiness”)
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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