Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Konfliktfähigkeit | the ability to manage interpersonal conflict constructivly, without becoming personally involved. | German | growth | |
Apapachar | Pamper a person especially when she or he is sad | Spanish | action | |
Ninot | A ninot is a figure with human representation. In a conversation, it means a person without personality. | Valencian | attribute | |
Kibun | Your state of mind with respect to your place in the world. | Korean | reflection awareness | |
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 | |
Linslus | Someone who always wants to have their face in a photo. Literal translation: "lens louse" | Swedish | society | |
Waldeinsamkeit | The feeling of solitude in the woods | German | nature beauty | |
Acedia | Lack of concern over your spiritual life or "mental sloth" | Greek | emotion religion | |
Schadenfreude | Pleasure derived by someone from another person's misfortune. | German | feeling adverse | |
Parea | A group of friends who regularly gather together to share their experiences about life, their philosophies, values and ideas. | Greek | friends philosophical | |
Tuerto | A man with only one eye | Spanish | physical | |
Fingerspitzengefühl | Literal: “finger tips feeling", but means an intuitive feel or to have one's finger on the pulse | German | feeling | |
Kopfkino | Imagining scenarios vividly ("head cinema") | German | thinking visual | |
Firgun (פירגון) | Ungrudging and overt (expressed) pride and happiness at other's successes. | Hebrew | happiness | |
(يقبرني) Ya'aburnee | A declaration of one’s hope that they’ll die before another person because of how difficult it would be to live without them. | Arabic | love connection fate | |
Décidément | When coincidences occur or when events repeat themselves by chance (for example, when you run into the same person many times in one week) | French | surprise interaction fate | |
Prozvonit | To call a mobile phone and let it ring once so that the other person will call back, saving the first caller money. | Czech | life funny event | |
Kenopsia | The eerie, forlorn atmosphere of a place that is usually bustling with people but is now abandoned and quiet. | English | change time | |
Flâner | verb. to purposely wander, to decide to explore with no final destination. | French | explore travel | |
Metanoia | The journey of changing ones mind, heart, self, or way of life | English | growth change | |
Resfeber | Travel fever/bug; the feeling of excitement and nervousness experienced by a traveller before undertaking a journey. | Swedish | travel physical | |
Uzsonna | A meal between lunch and dinner | Hungarian | food time | |
Tsuji-giri | To try out a new sword on a passer-by | Japanese | action violence | |
Sud’ba (судьба). | Fate, destiny, fortune | Russian | fate change life | |
Vprikusku | Drinking tea through pieces of sugar | Russian | food action | |
Nadryv (Надрыв) | Literally means "to tear or break", but can also mean the inner tension of someone who is about to break | Russian | stress emotion | |
L’ecole stratim (לאכול סרטים) | Literally "to eat motives"; describing a person that loves drama | Yiddish | extreme interaction | |
Kulturbärare | Lit. culture-bearer or culture-carrier; a phenomenon (e.g., person or idea) that upholds a culture and/or moves it forward. | Swedish | cultural | |
On (恩) | A feeling of moral indebtedness, relating to a favour or blessing given by others. | Japanese | life | |
Ukiyo | The floating world - living in the moment, detached from the bothers of life | Japanese | creative visual art |
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