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Noun: jealousy  je-lu-see
  1. A feeling of jealous envy (especially of a rival)
    - green-eyed monster
     
  2. Zealous vigilance
    "cherish their official political freedom with fierce jealousy"

Derived forms: jealousies

Type of: alertness, enviousness, envy, vigilance, wakefulness, watchfulness

Encyclopedia: Jealousy, United States Virgin Islands