Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Monachopsis | The subtle but persistent feeling of being out of place | English | awareness society | |
Épater les bourgeois | To shock the middle classes | French | society surprise extreme | |
Weltschmerz | Feeling hopeless about the state our world is currently in ("world pain") | German | adverse society | |
Mechaye | Joy, pleasure; something that gives great joy/pleasure. | Yiddish | positive | |
Ayurnamat | The philosophy that there is no point in worrying about events that cannot be changed | Inuktitut | philosophy | |
Shouganai | It cannot be helped. | Japanese | philosophy fate | |
Gökotta | To rise at dawn in order to go out and listen to the birds sing | Swedish | nature beauty | |
Mitonner | Cooking with passion | French | food love beauty | |
Kos | Cosiness, warmth, intimacy; kose as a verb; koselig as an adjective. | Norwegian | attribute | |
Sumud (صمود) | steadfastness, a determined struggle to persist. | Arabic | growth strength | |
Rabenmutter | A bad mom ("raven mother") | German | family society adverse | |
Verpeilt | Regularly forgetting things and not being in the present moment enough to organize your life properly | German | adverse awareness | |
Fisselig | Being flustered to the point of incompetence | German | stress | |
Eldsjäl | This noun is literally ‘fire-soul’, but the actual meaning is ‘enthusiast’ or ‘driving spirit’. | Swedish | strength | |
Tuntuvar | The day before a wedding | Nogay | time event | |
Voorpret | That feeling of excitement you get even before an event actually takes place. Literally translates to “pre-fun.” | Dutch | happiness feeling exciting | |
Yokomeshi | Literal: "meal eaten sideways"; the stress caused by speaking a foreign language | Japanese | stress feeling awareness | |
Löyly | The steam that rises from the sauna heater when water is thrown on it | Finnish | physical | |
Friluftsliv | “Free air life,” signifying a fundamental understanding of the positive impact of being in nature | Norwegian | nature health | |
Mamihlapinatapai | A look shared by two people, each wishing that the other would initiate something that they both desire but which neither wants to begin | Yaghan | love feeling | |
L’chaim (לְחַיִּים) | Lit. ‘to life’. | Hebrew | life | |
Nenna | Not having the will to do something | Icelandic | energy strength | |
Uffda | A sympathetic word to be used when someone else is in pain. It combines ‘Ouch for you’ and ‘Oh, I’m sorry you hurt yourself’ | Norwegian | empathy emotion awareness | |
On-nomi | The practice of getting together with friends on the internet and having a drink together | Japanese | friends | |
Feierabend | End of the work day | German | event | |
Camhanaich | Half-light; early morning twilight | Irish | event nature | |
Bixomets | Shame on behalf of others | Catalan | feeling adverse | |
Onsra | That bittersweet feeling of loving for the last time; the feeling when you already know that a love won't last | Boro | love fate emotion | |
Rén (仁) | Humanity, benevolence; the positive feeling enjoyed by a virtuous person through altruistic behaviour. | Chinese | positive | |
Gaupasa | Spend the whole night partying until the early morning of the next day. | Basque | interaction exciting |
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