confelicity

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin con- (“with”) +‎ fēlīcitās (“happiness”)

Noun

confelicity (uncountable)

1. (rare) Pleasure in another person'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^[1], 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
• compersion