jealousy

  • 1Jealousy — typically refers to the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that occur when a person believes a valued relationship is being threatened by a rival. This rival may or may not know that he or she is perceived as a threat.DefinitionParrott makes use… …

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  • 2Jealousy — • Taken to be synonymous with envy Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Jealousy     Jealousy     † …

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  • 3Jealousy — CD de X Japan Publicación 1 de julio de 1991 Grabación Los Angeles, Estados Unidos Género(s) Power metal / Speed metal …

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  • 4Jealousy — Jeal ous*y, n.; pl. {Jealousies}. [ F. jalousie. See {Jealous}, and cf. {Jalousie}.] The quality of being jealous; earnest concern or solicitude; painful apprehension of rivalship in cases directly affecting one s happiness; painful suspicion of… …

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  • 5Jealousy — Album par Loudness Sortie 25 mai 1988 Durée 28:01 Genre Heavy Metal Producteur Loudness, Toshi Makashita …

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  • 6jealousy — (n.) c.1200, of God; c.1300, of persons, from O.Fr. jalousie enthusiasm, love, longing, jealousy (12c.), from jalos (see JEALOUS (Cf. jealous)). Meaning zeal, fervor, devotion is late 14c …

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  • 7jealousy — index resentment Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 8jealousy — [n] envy backbiting, begrudging, covetousness, enviousness, evil eye*, greeneyed monster*, grudge, grudgingness, jaundiced eye*, resentfulness, resentment, spite; concept 410 …

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  • 9jealousy — [jel′əs ē] n. [ME jalousie < OFr gelosie < gelos: see JEALOUS] 1. the quality or condition of being jealous 2. pl. jealousies an instance of this; jealous feeling …

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  • 10JEALOUSY — Appearing some 80 times in the Bible, the root kna (qnʾ; קנא) in its various derivatives is, in the standard translations of the Bible, most often related to the notion of jealousy (or zeal ). More generally, it connotes any kind of emotional… …

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