Eunoia

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Word Definition Language Tags Audio
Yaqin (يقين) Certitude and freedom from doubt. Arabic feeling awareness
Noniná Triple negation. Means yes, with emphasis. Spanish attribute measurement positive
Anteayer The day before yesteraday Spanish measurement
Scrumping Stealing fruit (particularly apples) from trees English food action
inssa Short word of insider = trendy people who catch up with the trends Korean society
Opia the ambiguous intensity of eye-contact which can feel simultaneously invasive and vulnerable. English society awareness
Ennui A feeling of being bored and mentally tired caused by having nothing interesting or exciting to do English adverse feeling
Gezellig A warm feeling of cozyness, but also have good times with friends af a party. Dutch feeling positive
Xíng qì (行氣) Volitionally (e.g., mentally) circulating or directing qi. Chinese growth awareness strength
Nedoperepitj (недоперепить) To drink more than one should have, but less than one would have wanted. To fail to drink too much. Russian funny action
poshlost (пошлость) Used to describe situations where things are being sold under the premise "that the greatest joy can be bought" Russian adverse extreme
Spleen Melancholy without apparent cause French feeling
Pole Sorry; can also express empathy and understanding. Swahili thinking life
Rückkehrunruhe The feeling of returning home after an immersive trip only to find it fading rapidly from your awareness. German awareness time
Lagom Not too much and not too little Swedish measurement
Être dépaysé To be in an environment you're not used to French change society awareness
Talaka Every member of a neighborhood getting together to do a work for free for a poor member of their community Nogay community connection
Capicua A number that doesn't vary if the numbers are inverted. Also it can be called a palindrome, but the word capicua refers especially to the numbers Catalan measurement
Kokoro A unity of mind and heart. Japanese awareness feeling
Shouganai It cannot be helped. Japanese philosophy fate
Vergangenheitsbewältigung Coping with the past German reflection growth
Vipāka (विपाक) Ripening; the result, ripening or maturation of karma. Sanskrit growth
Gambiarra A very poor or ugly but effective solution for a problem; to use improvised methods / solutions to solve a problem, with any avaiable material Portuguese creative
Pomicione A man who seizes any chance of being in close contact with a woman Italian attribute
Débrouille May be synonymous with resourceful, but it is more of a way of living by making do with little and improvising with what you have French creative
Chindogu A person seemingly inventing ingenious everyday gadgets that seem like an ideal solution to a particular problem, but are in fact nothing more than a useless gag Japanese creative funny
Goya (گویا) The transporting suspension of disbelief that can occur in storytelling Urdu surprise
Sitzfleisch Having "Sitzfleisch": being persistent enough to complete a tough or big task German strength growth
Odnoliub Someone who has only one love in his or her life; someone who is capable of loving only one at a time Russian love fate
Mana The prestige, power, dominance of something or someone Māori attribute




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