BUDDHISTS CALL IT MUDITA — a delight in another’s good fortune, or an unselfish joy. The Yiddish word nachas has a similar meaning of pride in someone else’s accomplishments, usually referring to one’s children. Another slightly different but rarely used word with a similar meaning is confelicity — pleasure in another’s happiness. In recent years, psychologists studying this concept have coined the term Freudenfreude to describe the opposite of Schadenfreude, and it means genuine rejoicing in another’s success.
