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usually uncountable, plural schadenfreudes
Malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune. quotations examples
But it is Schadenfreude, a mischievous delight in the misfortunes of others, which remains the worst trait in human nature.
1897, “Human Nature”, in Thomas Bailey Saunders, transl., The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer, translation of original by Arthur Schopenhauer