Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Avspasere | To take a day (or more) off from work (e.g., because one has previously worked overtime and has built up credit). | Norwegian | society time | |
Capoclaque | Someone who co-ordinates a group of clappers. | Italian | society attribute | |
Janteloven | Jante’s law; a set of social codes or norms that emphasize the importance of collective success rather than individual | Norwegian | society positive interaction | |
Riposo | Rest, repose; a nap; cf. siesta. | Italian | event society | |
Hikikomori | Reclusive adolescents or adults who withdraw from social life, often seeking extreme degrees of isolation and confinement | Japanese | society | |
Dugnad | Communal work in a gathering for mutually accomplishing a task (ex: a knitting bee) | Norwegian | work society connection | |
Formacja | A state of mind and its own culture of a generation | Polish | society change | |
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 | |
Mambo | Someone that still lives with their mother | Swedish | family persistence society | |
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 | |
Occhiolism | The awareness of the smallness of your perspective | English | awareness life society | |
Majime (真面目) | Reliable, responsible, diligent; seriousness, formality. | Japanese | society attribute | |
Crapoter | verb. To not take a lungful of a cigarette. | French | health action society | |
Talkoot | a collectively pursued/undertaken task; voluntary community work. | Finnish | event society | |
Philoxenia (Φιλοξενία) | Love of strangers, guests; a hospitable act of welcome. | Greek | society | |
Opia | the ambiguous intensity of eye-contact which can feel simultaneously invasive and vulnerable. | English | society awareness | |
Tachiyomi | To stand in a bookstore and read a book without buying it | Japanese | society funny action | |
Nekama | A man who pretends to be a woman on the internet | Japanese | 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 | |
Philotimo (φιλότιμο) | The inner impulse to act well and in alignment with the moral virtues that represent one's own society and upbringing | Greek | society character family | |
Weltschmerz | Feeling hopeless about the state our world is currently in ("world pain") | German | adverse society | |
Guān xì (關係) | Cultivating relationships; reciprocal connections; networking; social karma. | Chinese | society friends | |
Mokita | The truth we all know but agree not to talk about. | Kilivila | awareness thinking society | |
Linslus | Someone who always wants to have their face in a photo. Literal translation: "lens louse" | Swedish | society | |
Épater les bourgeois | To shock the middle classes | French | society surprise extreme |
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