Eunoia

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Word Definition Language Tags Audio
Être dépaysé To be in an environment you're not used to French change society awareness
Rückkehrunruhe The feeling of returning home after an immersive trip only to find it fading rapidly from your awareness. German awareness time
Seijaku (静寂) Quiet (sei) tranquillity (jaku); silence, calm, serenity (especially in the midst of activity or chaos). Japanese awareness beauty
Mokita The truth we all know but agree not to talk about. Kilivila awareness thinking society
uḷaṟu (உளறு) To say something that should not be or to say somethng nonsensical or unrelated Tamil awareness adverse
Nuchshlepper Someone who follows another person; a hanger-on Yiddish awareness adverse persistence
Yaqin (يقين) Certitude and freedom from doubt. Arabic feeling awareness
La douleur exquise The pain that comes from wanting someone you can’t have French feeling awareness love
Nakakapag pabagabag Something that brings about excessive anxiety or restlessness for a period of time; something that is making you nervous Tagalog stress feeling awareness
Lítost Sate of agony and torment created by the sudden sight of one’s own misery. Czech adverse awareness fate
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
Verpeilt Regularly forgetting things and not being in the present moment enough to organize your life properly German adverse awareness
Occhiolism The awareness of the smallness of your perspective English awareness life society
Opia the ambiguous intensity of eye-contact which can feel simultaneously invasive and vulnerable. English society awareness
Jijivisha The strong, eternal desire to live and to continue living Hindi philosophy life awareness
Qarrtsiluni Sitting together in the darkness, waiting for inspiration to strike you Iñupiaq awareness thinking reflection
Niksen Sitting down and do nothing at all, thinking of nothing at all Dutch feeling awareness
Morriña Nostalgia that you feel when you are far from home Galician feeling awareness life
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
Zhì (智) Wisdom, perspicacity, knowledge. Chinese thinking awareness
Nodus tollens The realization that the plot of your life doesn't make sense to you anymore. English philosophy awareness life
Monachopsis The subtle but persistent feeling of being out of place English awareness society
Zanshin (残心) Lit. ‘remaining/enduring heart-mind’; a state of relaxed mental alertness (especially in the face of danger or stress). Japanese 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
Moledro A feeling of resonant connection with an author or artist you'll never meet, who may have lived centuries ago and thousands of miles away English awareness connection




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