Timeline for What emotion is the 'Mad Scientist' showing when they say "I'll show them all!"
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| Aug 4, 2017 at 22:02 | comment | added | AmI | "I'll show them" indicates a desire for vindication, not necessarily vindictive. | |
| Aug 4, 2017 at 13:56 | comment | added | RaceYouAnytime | @Flater I agree, it seems that "vindicate" has drifted more to mean OED's "To clear from censure, criticism, suspicion, or doubt, by means of demonstration." Its meaning related to revenge is marked obsolete. On the other hand, "vindictive" still seems to mean wanting revenge. An interesting semantic drift apart for the words. And it leaves a flavor of subtlety that I like for this particular question. | |
| Aug 4, 2017 at 13:09 | comment | added | Flater | Is "vindictive" related to "vindication"? Now that I think about it, they seemingly address slightly different things. Seeking revenge is not the same as seeking vindication, the former is "tit for tat" whereas the latter is trying to undo the "tat". | |
| Aug 3, 2017 at 18:38 | comment | added | iammax | My first thought was "bitterness", but I think yours is better | |
| Aug 3, 2017 at 1:48 | history | answered | RaceYouAnytime | CC BY-SA 3.0 |