Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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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 | |
Majime (真面目) | Reliable, responsible, diligent; seriousness, formality. | Japanese | society attribute | |
Zgabalj | Mixture of all the bad things in the world, combined | Serbian | adverse society | |
Tachiyomi | To stand in a bookstore and read a book without buying it | Japanese | society funny action | |
Riposo | Rest, repose; a nap; cf. siesta. | Italian | event society | |
Khaste Nabashid (خسته نباشید) | "I hope that you are not tired" | Persian | society work | |
Talkoot | a collectively pursued/undertaken task; voluntary community work. | Finnish | event society | |
Mokita | The truth we all know but agree not to talk about. | Kilivila | awareness thinking society | |
Weltschmerz | Feeling hopeless about the state our world is currently in ("world pain") | German | adverse society | |
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 | |
Formacja | A state of mind and its own culture of a generation | Polish | society change | |
Épater les bourgeois | To shock the middle classes | French | society surprise extreme | |
Rabenmutter | A bad mom ("raven mother") | German | family society adverse | |
Fika | Drinking coffee along with eating something sweet | Swedish | food society | |
Nito-onna | A woman so dedicated to her career that she has no time to iron blouses, so dresses only in knitted tops. | Japanese | society work | |
Taraadin | A happy solution for everyone | Arabic | happiness society | |
Linslus | Someone who always wants to have their face in a photo. Literal translation: "lens louse" | Swedish | society | |
Ômä (өмә) | Collective helping | Bashkir | society positive | |
Opia | the ambiguous intensity of eye-contact which can feel simultaneously invasive and vulnerable. | English | 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 | |
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 | |
Occhiolism | The awareness of the smallness of your perspective | English | awareness life society | |
Hikikomori | Reclusive adolescents or adults who withdraw from social life, often seeking extreme degrees of isolation and confinement | Japanese | society | |
Qualunquismo | Political apathy; people who really don’t care very much about politics and related issues in society | Italian | society | |
Gattara | A woman catlover who feeds alley cats or spends time with domestic cats | Italian | life society |
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