Resentment
Grudge refers to the blame the position of the other material or other reasons.
Differentiation from envy
Envy differs from envy in two respects: First, the person or group does not necessarily have to be in a better position than the person who disapproves of them. Second, the object (or privilege , talent, etc.) does not necessarily have to be sought by those who disapprove of a person or group. In extreme cases, the disapproving person could damage or even destroy the object.
Disapproval always includes an aspect of destructiveness . With envy, on the other hand, this is not always the case. In contrast to resentment, there is also constructive envy: for example , wanting to (also) achieve something .
Obfuscation tendency
Negative feelings are usually hidden from those concerned due to their general frowning upon. If they are to be lived out anyway, pretexts are usually used for the respective way of argumentation and action. In the literature, this process has in the novella The road to the cemetery of Thomas Mann found their way, in which the protagonist, the disorderly driving uses a gravel path by bike as a springboard to be able to make his deep-seated grudge against the cyclist air.
See also
→ Envy and the demarcation from envy
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Eduard Brandstätter: Ambivalent satisfaction. The influence of social comparisons . Waxmann Verlag, Münster et al. 1998, ISBN 9783830956389 , p. 29.