Eunoia

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Word Definition Language Tags Audio
Qarrtsiluni Sitting together in the darkness, waiting for inspiration to strike you Iñupiaq awareness thinking reflection
Mokita The truth we all know but agree not to talk about. Kilivila awareness thinking society
Magari maybe, hopeful wish, wistful regret, in my dreams, if only. Italian thinking
Kopfkino Imagining scenarios vividly ("head cinema") German thinking visual
Desenrascar An informal word that means the act of figuring out things Portuguese thinking growth
Zhì (智) Wisdom, perspicacity, knowledge. Chinese thinking awareness
Sielvartas Literal translation as “soul tumbling” used as grief or resentment Lithuanian adverse thinking emotion
Agnosthesia The state of not knowing how you really feel about something, which forces you to sift through clues hidden in your behavior English confusion thinking
Schnapsidee An idea you have when you're drunk and will probably not considered anymore once you're sober German thinking change
Pole Sorry; can also express empathy and understanding. Swahili thinking life
O ka la nokonoko A day spent in nervous anticipation of a coughing spell Hawaiian thinking health stress
Fernweh To have a yearning to see distant places German travel thinking
Fachidiot Someone who knows a great deal about a very narrow subject German thinking attribute
Fremdschämen To be embarrassed by something somebody else did German society thinking adverse
Schnapsidee An idea so stupid the person must have thought of it while drunk German funny thinking creative
Eunoia (εὔνοια) A well-mind; beautiful thinking Greek beauty thinking
Abditory A place into which you can disappear; a hiding place English physical thinking
Onism The frustration of being stuck in just one body, that inhabits just one place at a time. English awareness reflection thinking
Jouska A hypothetical conversation that you compulsively play out in your head English thinking
Tizita (ትዝታ) A bittersweet remembrance and longing for a time, person, thing gone by. Amharic time thinking
Vaitherichal The feeling that you get when someone has something that you lack, however you are not jealous, yet instead feel as though they should not possess that because you don't Tamil adverse thinking
Exulansis The tendency to give up trying to talk about an experience because people are unable to relate to it. English emotion thinking
Boketto The act of gazing vacantly into the distance. Japanese thinking
Biritululo The act of comparing yams to settle a dispute Kiriwani food thinking
Klexos the art of dwelling on the past; coined by John Koenig. English thinking




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