Published : 2025-10-14

Causes of Schadenfreude and Empathic Joy in the Linguo-Axiological Dimension (Based on the Ukrainian Language Material)

Larysa Nikolayenko



Abstract

The article presents a linguo-axiological analysis of the causes of Schadenfreude and empathic joy based on texts that are in the National Linguistic Corpus of the Ukrainian Language. These emotions can be called opposite types of joy in relation to other people. As the analysis of the factual material shows, Schadenfreude is caused only by negative reasons, while empathic joy is caused only by positive ones. Among the causes of Schadenfreude, the following can be distinguished: negative physical or mental state of the object of emotion, negative appearance of the object of emotion, unpleasant events for the object of emotion, unpleasant circumstances for the object of emotion, incompetence of the object of emotion. Empathic joy is usually caused by pleasant events for the object of emotion, pleasant circumstances for the object of emotion, positive internal state of the object of emotion, good physical condition of the object of emotion, positive characteristics of the object of emotion, positive active actions of the object of emotion.

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emotions, Schadenfreude, empathic joy, cause, experiencer, object of emotion, linguo--axiological analysis, Ukrainian language



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Roczniki Humanistyczne · ISSN 0035-7707 | eISSN 2544-5200 | DOI: 10.18290/rh
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