Financial Support: None declared Conflict of Interest: None declared Date of Submission: 24-06-2022 Date of Acceptance: 02-08-2022 Date of Publication: 30-09-2022 Correspondence: Mahendra Kumar (Email: Kumarmahen9@gmail.com) Copy Right: The Authors retain the copyrights of this article, with first publication rights granted to Medsci Publications. National Journal of Community Medicine│Volume 13│Issue 09│September 2022 Page 669 How to cite this article: Kumar M, Kumari A, Sharma K. Arcane Language of Human Emotions: Envy and Jealousy in Academia. Natl J Community Med 2022;13(9):669-671. DOI: 10.55489/njcm.130920222197 COMMENTARY pISSN09763325│eISSN22296816 Open Access Article (CC BY-SA) www.njcmindia.com DOI: 10.55489/njcm.130920222197 Arcane Language of Human Emotions: Envy and Jealousy in Academia Mahendra Kumar 1 , Anita Kumari 2 , Khina Sharma 3 1 Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigrah, India 2 Captain, MNS Base Hospital, Command Hospital area, Luck now, India 3 All India Institute of Medical Science, Rajasthan, India One of the most potent causes of unhappiness is envy. Envy is, I should say, one of the most universal and deep- seated of human passion. Not only does the envious person wish to inflict misfortunate and do so whenever he can with impunity, but he is also himself rendered unhappy by envy. ~Bertrand Russell INTRODUCTION Some emotions and actions have been going on since the first day of humanity where undoubtedly Envy and Jealousy are two emotions that hardly accepted by the person across societies and regions.” The evil eye has been connected for centuries across every culture. This is also mentioned in Freud's statement where he said “Jealousy and Envy are an essential part of human emotions and behavior. In today’s fast-moving world where everyone is in rush to cut-throat competition, it is more important to discuss these emotions than ever before. Lewin 1948 describe jealousy and envy as a storm of emo- tions and their unsure action in behavior have the potential to spoil a deep close relationship. 1 Jealousy is a painful situation of mixed emotions that is a result of insecurity and losing their favorable po- sition (Pines and Bowes 1992). 2 The essence of envy and jealousy is critical to define as it shows uncon- scious feelings of emotions. According to Greenberg and Pyszczynski (1985), Jealousy is a bunch of emo- tions and behavior owing to, feelings of lack of com- petence and inferiority due to comparison with oth- ers. The most common emotions witnessed with jealousy are anxiety, feeling of loss, and losing their place with the direct or imaginary threat from their opponent. 3 Whereas envy is not that negative as it does not have a very sharp fringe. Envy has a pan-human phenom- enon that existed inherently among all to a more or less extent. Envy is an emotion of dejection and emo- tions of the atrocity of not having what is achieved by someone else once the individual wanted to have it ABSTRACT Jealousy and Envy are essential part of human emotions and behavior. In today’s fast-moving world where everyone is in rush to cut-throat competition, it is more important to discuss these emotions than ever before. Jealousy and envy somewhere connected. Jealousy is a practice to defend something that is owned and threatened whereas envy is a tendency to obtain something that does not own by one. Jeal- ousy and envy develop naturally and also test their character by the response they give due to emotional burnout. Sometimes these situations broke and turn healthy competition into a rivalry at cost of long- standing personal relationships. Jealousy and envy include compound emotional experiences during the exercises to acquire or not lose something desirable. The impact of envy and jealousy is not assessed in academia and research area moreover it is important to understand that envy is often hidden in the classroom context, but it must still be discussed. Keywords: Envy, Jealousy, Academics, Students