Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Vypendrivatsja (выпендриваться) | To behave in a way that makes one look more important or special than one is, to ride the high horse, to show off | Russian | character society | |
Philoxenia (Φιλοξενία) | Love of strangers, guests; a hospitable act of welcome. | Greek | society | |
Schadenfreude | To be happy when things go wrong for someone else | German | adverse society | |
Formacja | A state of mind and its own culture of a generation | Polish | society change | |
Gattara | A woman catlover who feeds alley cats or spends time with domestic cats | Italian | life society | |
Monachopsis | The subtle but persistent feeling of being out of place | English | awareness society | |
Nekama | A man who pretends to be a woman on the internet | Japanese | society | |
Guān xì (關係) | Cultivating relationships; reciprocal connections; networking; social karma. | Chinese | society friends | |
Opia | the ambiguous intensity of eye-contact which can feel simultaneously invasive and vulnerable. | English | society awareness | |
Majime (真面目) | Reliable, responsible, diligent; seriousness, formality. | Japanese | society attribute | |
Qualunquismo | Political apathy; people who really don’t care very much about politics and related issues in society | Italian | society | |
Riposo | Rest, repose; a nap; cf. siesta. | Italian | event society | |
Fika | Drinking coffee along with eating something sweet | Swedish | food society | |
Hikikomori | Reclusive adolescents or adults who withdraw from social life, often seeking extreme degrees of isolation and confinement | Japanese | society | |
Mokita | The truth we all know but agree not to talk about. | Kilivila | awareness thinking society | |
Sortable | adj. Someone you can take out without fear of being embarrassed, usually used to refer to friends or family members. e.g. "Elle n'est pas sortable." | French | friends interaction society | |
Greng-jai | The feeling of not wanting to impose | Thai | feeling society | |
Ta'arof (تعارف) | The complicated set of niceties and social rules to be observed as a form of good manners and proper etiquette | Persian | society interaction | |
Eomchina | Contraction of the phrase "Mom's friend's son". Academically successful (and possibly wealthy) male student who is the target of envy among others | Korean | family society work | |
Khaste Nabashid (خسته نباشید) | "I hope that you are not tired" | Persian | society work | |
Gezelligheid | Coziness, fun, the general togetherness that gives people a warm feeling. | Dutch | friends society positive | |
Yuanfen | A relationship by fate or destiny. This is a complex concept. It draws on principles of predetermination in Chinese culture, which dictate relationships, encounters and affinities, mostly among lovers and friends. | Chinese | love society | |
Nito-onna | A woman so dedicated to her career that she has no time to iron blouses, so dresses only in knitted tops. | Japanese | society work | |
inssa | Short word of insider = trendy people who catch up with the trends | Korean | society | |
Épater les bourgeois | To shock the middle classes | French | society surprise extreme |
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