Eunoia

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Word Definition Language Tags Audio
Insouciant Free from worry, concern, or anxiety English positive
Vellichor The strange wistfulness of used bookshops English feeling
Aeipathy A continued passion; an unyielding disease English persistence
Redamancy The act of loving the one who loves you; a returned love in full English love emotion
Vemödalen The fear that everything has already been done. For example: the frustration of photographing something amazing when thousands of identical photos already exist. English philosophy awareness art
Oneirataxia The inability to distinguish between fantasy and reality English awareness feeling
Werifesteria To wander longingly through the forest in search of mystery English nature explore
Sphallolalia Flirtatious talk that leads nowhere. English love life
Autophile A person that loves solitude, being alone English character attribute
Kairosclerosis A moment in which you realize that you're happy but simultaneously destroy that happiness by overthinking it English happiness reflection change
Anecdoche A conversation in which everyone is talking, but nobody is listening. English friends life
Limerence the state of being infatuated or obsessed with another person, typically experienced involuntarily and characterized by a strong desire for reciprocation of one's feelings but not primarily for a sexual relationship. English emotion love
Onism The frustration of being stuck in just one body, that inhabits just one place at a time. English awareness reflection thinking
Eesome Pleasing to the eye English beauty
Opia the ambiguous intensity of eye-contact which can feel simultaneously invasive and vulnerable. English society awareness
Scrumping Stealing fruit (particularly apples) from trees English food action
Rubatosis The unsettling awareness of your own heartbeat English physical health awareness
Aesthete Someone with deep sensitivity to the beauty of art or nature English art beauty
Oxymoron Figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction English attribute confusion
Gongoozler A person who enjoys watching activity on the canals of the United Kingdom. The term is also used more generally to describe those who harbour an interest in canals and canal life, but do not actively participate. English action nature
Liberosis The desire to care less about things. English thinking awareness
Monachopsis The subtle but persistent feeling of being out of place English awareness society
Jouska A hypothetical conversation that you compulsively play out in your head English thinking
Aimonomia Being scared to learn the ‘why’ of something English adverse feeling thinking
Wintercearig Literally "winter sorrow"; a feeling of deep sadness related to the cold, still, dark nature of winter English weather emotion adverse




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