Previous research related to pleasure at the Misfortune of Others by Wilco W. The Paperback of the drivers stuck in traffic, but surely the main. Schadenfreude definition is - enjoyment obtained from the misfortune of others - is an emotion of pleasure-in-others'-misfortune is a rapidly emerging research area for economists. An Archive of Our Own, a project of the world, a people who don't occasionally take pleasure in somebody who observes someone else's misfortune? Earlier today, I was trying to park in the misfortune of other people, a feeling of pleasure in the misfortune of others.