confelicity
English
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin con- (“with”) + fēlīcitās (“happiness”)
Noun
confelicity (uncountable)
- (rare) Pleasure in another's happiness.
- Antonym: schadenfreude
- 2002, Edward Cline, Sparrowhawk, Book Two: Hugh Kenick, MacAdam/Cage, →ISBN, page 191:
- "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."
- 2020, Òscar Prieto-Flores; Jordi Feu, editors, Mentoring Children and Young People for Social Inclusion, Routledge, →ISBN:
- 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.
See also
- freudenfreude
- naches