Eunoia

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Word Definition Language Tags Audio
Eunoia (εὔνοια) A well-mind; beautiful thinking Greek beauty thinking
Schnapsidee An idea you have when you're drunk and will probably not considered anymore once you're sober German thinking change
Zhì (智) Wisdom, perspicacity, knowledge. Chinese thinking awareness
Ellipsism A sadness that you'll never be able to know how history will turn out English adverse thinking time
Boketto The act of gazing vacantly into the distance. Japanese thinking
Sielvartas Literal translation as “soul tumbling” used as grief or resentment Lithuanian adverse thinking emotion
Athazagoraphobia The fear of forgetting, being forgotten or ignored, or being replaced English reflection thinking
Magari maybe, hopeful wish, wistful regret, in my dreams, if only. Italian thinking
Desenrascar An informal word that means the act of figuring out things Portuguese thinking growth
Lachesism The desire to be struck by disaster - to survive a plane crash, or to lose everything in a fire English thinking life fate
Onism The frustration of being stuck in just one body, that inhabits just one place at a time. English awareness reflection 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
Klexos the art of dwelling on the past; coined by John Koenig. English thinking
Biritululo The act of comparing yams to settle a dispute Kiriwani food thinking
Schnapsidee An idea so stupid the person must have thought of it while drunk German funny thinking creative
Tizita (ትዝታ) A bittersweet remembrance and longing for a time, person, thing gone by. Amharic time thinking
Tima Not being ready to spend time or money on a specific thing, despite being able to afford it Icelandic thinking action
Jouska A hypothetical conversation that you compulsively play out in your head English thinking
Abditory A place into which you can disappear; a hiding place English physical thinking
Aimonomia Being scared to learn the ‘why’ of something English adverse feeling thinking
Liberosis The desire to care less about things. English thinking awareness
Kopfkino Imagining scenarios vividly ("head cinema") German thinking visual
Exulansis The tendency to give up trying to talk about an experience because people are unable to relate to it. English emotion thinking
Pole Sorry; can also express empathy and understanding. Swahili thinking life
Fachidiot Someone who knows a great deal about a very narrow subject German thinking attribute




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