Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Dépayser | Disorientation; not necessarily unpleasant (e.g., a pleasant sense of strangeness from being in a foreign country). | French | change feeling | |
Anánkē (Ανάγκη) | destiny, fate, necessity. | Greek | awareness | |
Warmduscher | Literal: 'A person that takes warm showers'; to describe those who have trouble stepping out of their comfort zone | German | funny attribute growth | |
Ukiyo | The floating world - living in the moment, detached from the bothers of life | Japanese | creative visual art | |
Bababa ba? | Is it going down? (In the context of an elevator) | Tagalog | action | |
Anecdoche | A conversation in which everyone is talking, but nobody is listening. | English | friends life | |
Volya (Воля) | "Freedom" and "will", but also vast natural landscape | Russian | nature beauty | |
Goya (گویا) | The transporting suspension of disbelief that can occur in storytelling | Urdu | surprise | |
Bimyou | Not bad, or "meh" | Japanese | attribute | |
Pantoffelheld | Literally "slipper hero"; A man who may act tough in front of his friends but can’t stand up for himself against his wife | German | family interaction | |
poshlost (пошлость) | Used to describe situations where things are being sold under the premise "that the greatest joy can be bought" | Russian | adverse extreme | |
Rauxa | Sudden determination or action; rapture | Catalan | action strength | |
Dreich | Of weather: extremely dull, miserably dreary, a combination of cloud, rain, fog, wetness and coldness - all at the same time | Scottish | weather adverse | |
Livsnjutare | Someone who loves life deeply | Swedish | love life beauty | |
Werifesteria | To wander longingly through the forest in search of mystery | English | nature explore | |
Geis | Taboo, prohibition; injunction; something you do (or don’t do), upon which your life depends, or which defines your life. | Irish | change fate | |
Chandamama (చందమామ) | Literally "uncle moon"; referring to the moon when admiring it | Telugu | nature beauty | |
Sayang | Describes when you've wasted an opportunity | Tagalog | adverse reflection | |
Gemes | The state of going out of one's mind in adoration of something that is extremely likeable or cute | Indonesian | funny emotion | |
Carpe Diem | Make the most of the present moment or opportunity. Lit. sieze the day. | Latin | positive | |
Neko-neko | Someone that has a novel idea that only makes things worse | Indonesian | funny creative | |
Fernweh | To have a yearning to see distant places | German | travel thinking | |
Istories me arkoudes | Literal: 'stories with bears'; stories that are so crazy, they can't be true | Greek | extreme funny | |
Storgi (στοργη) | the love between parents and children | Greek | love family | |
Weemoed | Lit. sadness, woe (wee) courage, daring, mood (moed); soft mood; light melancholy; having the strength to overcome a feeling of sorrow (e.g., arising in relation to nostalgia). | Dutch | adverse growth | |
Guanxi (关系) | An intimate connection between people which would benefit from the other in solving delicate problems or in achieving personal goals | Chinese | growth connection | |
Erbsenzähler | Literally "a person who literally counts their peas"; someone who is nitpicky and always trying to make things perfect | German | attribute measurement extreme | |
S’encoubler | To describe a fall, but specifically one where you fell due to being tangled in something | French | physical event adverse | |
Sous-entendu | Don't listen to what you heard. Listen for the message embedded. | French | awareness reflection | |
Fisselig | Being flustered to the point of incompetence | German | stress |
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