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Generated interpretation, not documentary evidence. Fictional adults reacting to a fallen wooden stack; low-stakes metaphor, not evidence of anyone’s psychology.
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Why: Pleasure at others' bad luck.
What to preserve: the word
Year and origin: 1740 · Germany
Vote: 5/9 (historian 1 · future kid 2 · curator 2)
Learn more: Schadenfreude on Wikipedia
Supplemental context
Schadenfreude names pleasure at another person’s misfortune. The term can help future readers distinguish an emotion from the act of causing harm, and examine how rivalry or perceived deservedness shapes a reaction. Naming the feeling is not the same as approving it, and a single expression cannot reveal the full moral character of a person.
Creator/community: German-language speakers and international borrowers of the term Place/era: German term with later use in other languages; no exact emotional origin date
Context and limits
The fictional players and fallen wooden stack offer a low-stakes metaphor, not a psychological diagnosis or observed real event. No injury or serious suffering is depicted. The original 1740 date is not established here as the beginning of the emotion, and the game arrangement is not a rules demonstration.
Where to learn more
- https://apiarybee.com/community/reading/biggie-nu-series-008-noahs-ark-set-d-culture-2000
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schadenfreude
Apiary library | Original Culture Ark article
Public ID and individual routes: pending publisher allocation. Internal source ID: D-1127
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