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| Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weltschmerz | Feeling hopeless about the state our world is currently in ("world pain") | German | adverse society | |
| Qualunquismo | Political apathy; people who really don’t care very much about politics and related issues in society | Italian | society | |
| Être dépaysé | To be in an environment you're not used to | French | change society awareness | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Zgabalj | Mixture of all the bad things in the world, combined | Serbian | adverse society | |
| Talkoot | a collectively pursued/undertaken task; voluntary community work. | Finnish | event society | |
| Formacja | A state of mind and its own culture of a generation | Polish | society change | |
| Khaste Nabashid (خسته نباشید) | "I hope that you are not tired" | Persian | society work | |
| Épater les bourgeois | To shock the middle classes | French | society surprise extreme | |
| Tachiyomi | To stand in a bookstore and read a book without buying it | Japanese | society funny action | |
| 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 | |
| Han | Sorrow, regret, grief, resentment, "a dull ache of the soul", yet passive and not revenge seeking; waiting for the injustice to be righted | Korean | society persistence adverse | |
| Linslus | Someone who always wants to have their face in a photo. Literal translation: "lens louse" | Swedish | 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 | |
| Crapoter | verb. To not take not take a lungful of a cigarette. | French | health action 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Mokita | The truth we all know but agree not to talk about. | Kilivila | awareness thinking society | |
| Fika | Drinking coffee along with eating something sweet | Swedish | food society | |
| Dugnad | Communal work in a gathering for mutually accomplishing a task (ex: a knitting bee) | Norwegian | work society connection | |
| 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 | |
| Occhiolism | The awareness of the smallness of your perspective | English | awareness life society | |
| Fremdschämen | To be embarrassed by something somebody else did | German | society thinking adverse |
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