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compersion
[ kuhm-per-zhuhn, -shuhn ]
noun
- (especially among polyamorous people) a feeling of happiness caused by another person's happiness, especially by seeing one's romantic or sexual partner interacting positively with another one of their partners:
Seeing them giggle like teenagers as they came in from a date filled me with compersion.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of compersion1
Coined in 1990–95 by the members of Kerista, a now-defunct polyamorous community in San Francisco; of unclear origin; perhaps formed (using com- ( def ) ) as the opposite of dispersion ( def ), or perhaps a blend of compassion ( def ) and conversion ( def )
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Example Sentences
The Lessins' group specifically advocates something called "compersion": taking joy in another person's joy.
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