Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Gretchenfrage | A direct question with the intention of unveiling the underlying thoughts of the person being questioned | German | awareness connection | |
Salām (سلام) | Peace, harmony, wholeness, prosperity, welfare and tranquillity; used also as a greeting/parting salutation. | Arabic | positive | |
Vellichor | The strange wistfulness of used bookshops | English | feeling | |
Qualunquismo | Political apathy; people who really don’t care very much about politics and related issues in society | Italian | society | |
Dadirri | Inner, deep listening and quiet, still awareness out of respect. | Ngangiwumirr | awareness | |
piñcu (பிஞ்சு) | Young, baby fruit | Tamil | food | |
Abhisar (অভিসার) | Lit. 'going towards'; a meeting (often secret) between lovers / partners. | Bengali | love event | |
Noniná | Triple negation. Means yes, with emphasis. | Spanish | attribute measurement positive | |
Oneirataxia | The inability to distinguish between fantasy and reality | English | awareness feeling | |
Torschlusspanik | The fear that time is running out on achieving life goals | German | growth awareness | |
Voorpret | That feeling of excitement you get even before an event actually takes place. Literally translates to “pre-fun.” | Dutch | happiness feeling exciting | |
Vergangenheitsbewältigung | Coping with the past | German | reflection growth | |
Ubuntu | A quality that includes the essential human virtues; compassion and humanity. | Zulu | beauty character awareness | |
Uffda | A sympathetic word to be used when someone else is in pain. It combines ‘Ouch for you’ and ‘Oh, I’m sorry you hurt yourself’ | Norwegian | empathy emotion awareness | |
Frostbeule | Someone that is very sensitive to cold. That friend that always feels cold. ("frost bite") | German | attribute friends | |
Monachopsis | The subtle but persistent feeling of being out of place | English | awareness society | |
Handschuhschneeballwerfer | A coward willing to criticize and abuse from a safe distance | German | adverse attribute interaction | |
Zhì (智) | Wisdom, perspicacity, knowledge. | Chinese | thinking awareness | |
Philia | "highest form of love"; deep love between friends, brotherly love | Greek | love friends | |
Siftah | First sale of the day for merchant | Turkish | event | |
Schadenfreude | Pleasure derived by someone from another person's misfortune. | German | feeling adverse | |
Opia | the ambiguous intensity of eye-contact which can feel simultaneously invasive and vulnerable. | English | society awareness | |
Cavoli riscaldati | Literally "reheated cabbage"; When you attempt to start up a failed relationship or love affair | Italian | love event persistence | |
Resfeber | Travel fever/bug; the feeling of excitement and nervousness experienced by a traveller before undertaking a journey. | Swedish | travel physical | |
Autophile | A person that loves solitude, being alone | English | character attribute | |
Ikigai | A reason for being; the thing that gets you up in the morning. | Japanese | growth happiness | |
Rire dans sa barbe | To laugh in your beard quietly while thinking about something that has happened | French | funny reflection action | |
Umay | Gettiing tired of a certain food | Tagalog | food | |
Frustfressen | Excessive eating because of frustration | German | food adverse habits | |
Voetstoots | A sale where the thing is sold as is or with all its faults without any guarantees | Afrikaans | action |
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