Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Retrouvailles | Lit. 'rediscovery'; a reunion (e.g., with loved ones after a long time apart). | French | friends family | |
Abhayamudrâ (अभय मुद्रा) | The gesture (e.g., in Hindu and Buddhist iconography) of fearlessness, protection, and/or peace; involves the palms facing outwards, and the fingers extending upwards. | Sanskrit | strength | |
Querencia | A place from which one's strength is drawn, where one feels at home, the place where you are your most authentic self | Spanish | strength happiness character | |
Mulaltsag | From a von Neumann biography: "It is not a party, it is not a feast, it is not even an orgy; it is simply the spontaneous combustion of a bunch of people having a good time." | Hungarian | exciting community | |
Attaccabottone | Something that you long to get away from but struggle to | Italian | adverse | |
Hygge | A quality of cosiness and comfortable conviviality that engenders a feeling of contentment or well-being. | Danish | life feeling | |
Aimonomia | Being scared to learn the ‘why’ of something | English | adverse feeling thinking | |
L'appel du vide | Describes the instinctive urge to jump from high places | French | habits physical | |
Ukiyo | The floating world - living in the moment, detached from the bothers of life | Japanese | creative visual art | |
Zhaghzhagh | The chattering of teeth from the cold or from rage | Tamil | adverse action physical | |
Lepos | Charm, grace, wit, elegance, allure. | Latin | positive attribute | |
Seny | Common sense, is a form of ancestral Catalan wisdom or sensibleness. It involves well-pondered perception of situations, level-headedness, awareness, integrity, and right action | Catalan | positive character | |
Mudita | The pleasure that comes from delighting in other people's well-being or happiness | Sanskrit | happiness positive empathy | |
Tizita (ትዝታ) | A bittersweet remembrance and longing for a time, person, thing gone by. | Amharic | time thinking | |
Mitonner | Cooking with passion | French | food love beauty | |
Tartle | The act of hesitating while introducing someone because you've forgotten their name | Scottish | funny event friends | |
Cúbóg | A collection of Easter eggs | Irish | physical | |
Kuidare | To eat yourself into backruptcy | Japanese | food funny | |
Anima | Soul; spirit; breath; mind | Latin | positive awareness | |
Vaitherichal | The feeling that you get when someone has something that you lack, however you are not jealous, yet instead feel as though they should not possess that because you don't | Tamil | adverse thinking | |
Tempus fugit | Time flies, flees, escapes. | Latin | time | |
Vagary | An unpredictable instance, a wandering journey, a whimsical, wild, or unusual idea, desire, or action | English | change | |
Siftah | First sale of the day for merchant | Turkish | event | |
Pneúma (πνεῦμα) | Wind; breath; spirit. | Greek | physical | |
Pragma | longtime love, such as in long marriages | Greek | love family | |
Fisselig | Being flustered to the point of incompetence | German | stress | |
Torschlusspanik | The fear that time is running out on achieving life goals | German | growth awareness | |
Aka'aka'a | Skin peeling or falling off after either sunburn or heavy drinking | Hawaiian | physical adverse | |
Enxebre | Something pure and very authentic | Galician | positive attribute | |
Pulsa | To walk laboriously in snow. | Swedish | physical nature |
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