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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. An obsolete form of comparison.

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  1. n. The feeling of joy associated with seeing a loved one love another; contrasted with jealousy.

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  • “Most of all, it involves a very wonderful word, "compersion," which poly writers describe as the opposite of jealousy.”

    Radical Love: An interview with Natty Seidenverg

  • “Polys call this process "compersion" — or learning to find personal fulfillment in the emotional and sexual satisfaction of your partner, even if you're not the one doing the satisfying.”

    Newsweek: Only You. And You. And You.

  • “I try to warn people about this (I tell them I am polyamorous, and lazy, explain about compersion, and warn them of my selfishness and insensitivity and intolerance of neediness and expectation) but I still end up hurting people, which does make me unhappy.”

    How to Save the World

  • “Polyamory groups encourage the multilateral relationships where there is a replacement of jealousy with compersion, clear hierarchy of relationships or where or empathizing with a lover's joy with expectations are otherwise fixed.”

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  • ambyellen this is such a useful word. May 3, 2010

  • reesetee The S-word. *shudder* Oct 17, 2007

  • john Oh man. You said that word :-| Oct 17, 2007

  • kad Sort of the good-spirited opposite of schadenfreude. Oct 17, 2007

  • cathari Definition
    compersion. n. To be happy that someone else is happy. The opposite of jealousy; delight in another's good fortune.

    He felt compersion when his daughter won the lead in the school play.

    She had moved on, and now felt compersion that her ex-husband was able to remarry.
    Oct 17, 2007

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