knedo's definitions

paenismus

Its the feeling of joy for avoiding pain or injury.

The world watches in wonder as the atomic calamity unfolds in Sendai, Japan. The sense of joy experienced, isn't schadenfreude, as many deeply empathize with the pain of the many thousands let bereft, cold homeless, and injured. This joy, is the considered joy of paenismus

by knedo April 3, 2011