Noun
Obsolete form of resentment. [17th–18th c.]
(chiefly philosophy, social psychology) A sense of resentment arising from suppressed feelings of envy and hatred, often leading to a frustrated sense of inferiority, with various social repercussions. [from 19th c.]
Source: en.wiktionary.orgAll the seemingly positive valuations and judgments of ressentiment are hidden devaluations and negations. Max Scheler
Ressentiment must therefore be strongest in a society like ours, where approximately equal rights (political and otherwise) or formal social equality, publicly recognized, go hand in hand with wide factual differences in power, property, and education. Max Scheler
The fake love of ressentiment man offers no real help, since for his perverted sense of values, evils like "sickness” and "poverty” have become goods. Max Scheler
Whenever convictions are not arrived at by direct contact with the world and the objects themselves, but indirectly through a critique of the opinions of others, the processes of thinking are impregnated with ressentiment. Max Scheler
To a lesser degree, a secret ressentiment underlies every way of thinking which attributes creative power to mere negation and criticism. Thus modern philosophy is deeply penetrated by a whole type of thinking which is nourished by ressentiment. Max Scheler