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Schadenfreude
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Schadenfreude (/ˈʃɑːdənfrɔɪdə/; German: [ˈʃaːdn̩ˌfʁɔʏ̯də] ; lit. "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. It is a loanword from German. Schadenfreude has been detected in children as young as 24 months and may be an important social emotion establishing "inequity aversion".[1]
- ^ Shamay-Tsoory SG, Ahronberg-Kirschenbaum D, Bauminger-Zviely N (2 July 2014). "There is no joy like malicious joy: schadenfreude in young children". PLOS ONE. 9 (7): e100233. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...9j0233S. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0100233. PMC 4079297. PMID 24988446.
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