Eunoia
| Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schwärmerei | Excessive or extreme enthusiasm or sentimentality. | German | happiness | |
| Metanoia | The journey of changing ones mind, heart, self, or way of life | English | growth change | |
| Schnapsidee | An idea so stupid the person must have thought of it while drunk | German | funny thinking creative | |
| Dhakkann | "The shroud of clouds concealed the sun." Someone too naive to see the truth in things, also used in a derogatory way | Hindi | adverse awareness | |
| O ka la nokonoko | A day spent in nervous anticipation of a coughing spell | Hawaiian | thinking health stress | |
| Zanshin (残心) | Lit. ‘remaining/enduring heart-mind’; a state of relaxed mental alertness (especially in the face of danger or stress). | Japanese | awareness | |
| Kopfkino | Imagining scenarios vividly ("head cinema") | German | thinking visual | |
| Lha’i rnal ‘byor (ལྷའི་རྣལ་འབྱོར) | Deity meditation/yoga; an advanced practice in which one visualises interacting with, or ‘accomplishing’ (i.e., being), a deity. | Tibetan | awareness physical | |
| Didis | To search and pick up lice from one's own hair, usually when in bed at night | Indonesian | physical adverse | |
| Minestra riscaldata | Literally "heated soup"; something done again but never as good as the first time it happened. Alternative to cavoli riscaldati (heated cabbage) | Italian | attribute | |
| Paasa | A person who leads someone on (intentionally or not). Appearing as if they are genuinely interested romantically when they aren’t | Tagalog | adverse interaction awareness | |
| Geis | Taboo, prohibition; injunction; something you do (or don’t do), upon which your life depends, or which defines your life. | Irish | change fate | |
| Flâner | verb. to purposely wander, to decide to explore with no final destination. | French | explore travel | |
| Pochemuchka | A person who asks a lot of questions | Russian | friends attribute habits | |
| Resol | That kind of sun light, non direct, when the sun is covered by clouds that still hurts the eyes. | Mallorquín | nature | |
| Ellipsism | A sadness that you'll never be able to know how history will turn out | English | adverse thinking time | |
| Półtora | Specific word for one and a half of something | Polish | measurement | |
| 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 | |
| Tuntuvar | The day before a wedding | Nogay | time event | |
| Kenopsia | The eerie, forlorn atmosphere of a place that is usually bustling with people but is now abandoned and quiet. | English | change time | |
| Selcouth | Rare, strange, marvellous, wondrous. | English | attribute | |
| Philotimo | Love of honour | Greek | character | |
| Aesthete | Someone with deep sensitivity to the beauty of art or nature | English | art beauty | |
| Aeipathy | A continued passion; an unyielding disease | English | persistence | |
| Dor | The heartbreak and sense of longing you feel because you’re separated from your love | Romanian | love adverse | |
| Vprikusku | Drinking tea through pieces of sugar | Russian | food action | |
| Koev li halev (כואב לי הלב) | Literally "my head hurts", but used to convey empathy for someone's suffering | Yiddish | empathy connection | |
| Uitwaaien | To take a refreshing break outdoors in windy weather | Dutch | nature life beauty | |
| Yaqin (يقين) | Certitude and freedom from doubt. | Arabic | feeling awareness | |
| Mahalo | Thankfulness, appreciation, and gratitude as a way of living | Hawaiian | positive |
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