resentiment

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/ɹɪˈzɛn.ti.mənt/

noun

Feeling or sense of anything; the state of being deeply affected by anything.

OriginFrench ressentiment ← Old French sentir ← Latin sentiō, sentīre →
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Meanings

nounresentiment (plural resentiments)

plural resentiments

  1. Feeling or sense of anything; the state of being deeply affected by anything.
  2. obsoleteObsolete form of resentment.

Origin

  1. Latinsentiō, sentīre“to feel”
  2. Old Frenchsentir
  3. Frenchressentiment
  4. Englishresentiment

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.

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APA

resentiment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/resentiment

MLA

“resentiment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/resentiment. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “resentiment,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/resentiment.

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