[Fr. ruh-sahn-tee-mahn] 
| 1. | any cautious, defeatist, or cynical attitude based on the belief that the individual and human institutions exist in a hostile or indifferent universe or society. |
| 2. | an oppressive awareness of the futility of trying to improve one's status in life or in society. |
| res·sen·ti·ment (rə-säɴ'tē-mäɴ') n. A generalized feeling of resentment and often hostility harbored by one individual or group against another, especially chronically and with no means of direct expression. [French, resentment, from Old French ressentement, from resentir, to feel strongly; see resent.] |
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