Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Akrasia | When you know what to do in theory, but don’t act on it in practice. The literal translation is “weakness of will.” Akrasia is how people struggle to take action, even though the Internet gives them unlimited information. | Greek | philosophy attribute | |
Jijivisha | The strong, eternal desire to live and to continue living | Hindi | philosophy life awareness | |
Énouement | The bittersweetness of having arrived in the future, seeing how things turn out, but not being able to tell your past self. | French | awareness philosophy | |
Nodus tollens | The realization that the plot of your life doesn't make sense to you anymore. | English | philosophy awareness life | |
Yugen | A profound, mysterious sense of the beauty of the universe…and the sad beauty of human suffering. | Japanese | beauty awareness philosophy | |
Ignōrāmus | Lit. ‘we do not know’ (e.g., the spirit of scientific enquiry), or ‘we take no notice of’ (used in legal contexts, e.g., when deemed evidence to be inadmissible). | Latin | philosophy growth | |
Schulbildend | Inspiring or leading to the creation of schools of thought. | German | growth philosophy | |
Ehvenişer | When choosing between bad things, the lesser of two evils. | Turkish | philosophy | |
Moriturism | The sudden reminder that you will one day no longer occupy this earth | English | awareness philosophy life | |
Sonder | the realization that everyone has a life as vivid and complex as your own); coined by John Koenig. | English | philosophy awareness | |
Charmolypi | "Joy-making sorrow". A mixed feeling of happiness while being sad. | Greek | happiness adverse philosophy | |
Ádvaita (अद्वैत) | non-dual; the notion that there is only one reality. | Sanskrit | measurement philosophy | |
Vemödalen | The fear that everything has already been done. For example: the frustration of photographing something amazing when thousands of identical photos already exist. | English | philosophy awareness art | |
Rizq | Life's provision of account. Often used in daily speech when someone wasn’t able to achieve something, it wasn’t in their Rizq. | Urdu | philosophy connection | |
कौतुक (Kautuk) | What is required is steady, constructive effort, not lightning speed and empty show | Marathi | philosophy persistence | |
Maktub | "Everything is destined and written" | Arabic | philosophy fate | |
Toska (тоска) | At its deepest and most painful, it is a sensation of great spiritual anguish, often without any specific cause. | Russian | adverse philosophy | |
Zugzwang | To be forced to make a move even though it will likely to be at your disadvantage | German | action interaction philosophy | |
Shouganai | It cannot be helped. | Japanese | philosophy fate | |
Ayurnamat | The philosophy that there is no point in worrying about events that cannot be changed | Inuktitut | philosophy | |
Nintendo | “Leave luck to heaven” or to leave one's fortune in the hands of fate | Japanese | philosophy fate | |
Sehnsucht | Thoughts and feelings about all facets of life that are unfinished or imperfect, paired with a yearning for ideal alternative experiences. | German | philosophy reflection | |
Anemoia | Nostalgia for a time that you have never lived | Greek | reflection philosophy |
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