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MENTAL MODEL · M0530

Compersion

Compersion
BehaviorHigh supportEmotion Psychology
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Version 1.0.0 · Updated 2026-07-30

CORE DEFINITION

The antonym of Jealousy. Refers to the emotion of feeling happy when one's partner (or others) derive joy from a third party.

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Reshaping one's perspective. In the workplace, train in 'compersion.' A colleague's promotion is not your loss. If you can sincerely applaud the excellence of a competitor, you free yourself from the pain of zero-sum games.

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Compersion means to rejoice with others, to feel admiration and delight upon seeing others' virtuous deeds, and to be willing to participate in them; it is both an attitude of spiritual practice and a social emotion regulation that dissolves jealousy.

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