Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Ádvaita (अद्वैत) | non-dual; the notion that there is only one reality. | Sanskrit | measurement philosophy | |
Sonder | the realization that everyone has a life as vivid and complex as your own); coined by John Koenig. | English | philosophy awareness | |
Nintendo | “Leave luck to heaven” or to leave one's fortune in the hands of fate | Japanese | philosophy fate | |
Maktub | "Everything is destined and written" | Arabic | philosophy fate | |
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 | |
Ignōrāmus | Lit. ‘we do not know’ (e.g., the spirit of scientific enquiry), or ‘we take no notice of’ (used in legal contexts, e.g., when deemed evidence to be inadmissible). | Latin | philosophy growth | |
Nodus tollens | The realization that the plot of your life doesn't make sense to you anymore. | English | philosophy awareness life | |
Yugen | A profound, mysterious sense of the beauty of the universe…and the sad beauty of human suffering. | Japanese | beauty awareness philosophy | |
Charmolypi | "Joy-making sorrow". A mixed feeling of happiness while being sad. | Greek | happiness adverse philosophy | |
Toska (тоска) | At its deepest and most painful, it is a sensation of great spiritual anguish, often without any specific cause. | Russian | adverse philosophy | |
Moriturism | The sudden reminder that you will one day no longer occupy this earth | English | awareness philosophy life | |
Jijivisha | The strong, eternal desire to live and to continue living | Hindi | philosophy life awareness | |
Sehnsucht | Thoughts and feelings about all facets of life that are unfinished or imperfect, paired with a yearning for ideal alternative experiences. | German | philosophy reflection | |
Zugzwang | To be forced to make a move even though it will likely to be at your disadvantage | German | action interaction philosophy | |
Ayurnamat | The philosophy that there is no point in worrying about events that cannot be changed | Inuktitut | philosophy | |
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 | |
Shouganai | It cannot be helped. | Japanese | philosophy fate | |
Schulbildend | Inspiring or leading to the creation of schools of thought. | German | growth philosophy | |
Rizq | Life's provision of account. Often used in daily speech when someone wasn’t able to achieve something, it wasn’t in their Rizq. | Urdu | philosophy connection |
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