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Here are 10 beautiful nouns in the English language for our many complicated human emotions.​

1.Chrysalism

Pronounced kris-a-lizim.

The feeling of tranquility when you’re indoors when it’s raining heavily outside.​

2. Lilo

Pronounced ly-lo.​

The friendship between two people who feel as if no time has passed when they see each other after a long period of separation.​

3.Sonder

Pronounced son-der.

The realization that every stranger and passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own. That each person is occupied by their own personal ambitions, worries, and problems.​

4. Monachopsis

Pronounced mo-na-kop-sis.

The inability to adapt to your surroundings and the feeling of being out of place​

5.Eramnesia

Pronounced eram-nee-ja.

The realization that you were born in the wrong time period, wishing you lived in another time.​

6.Anemoia

Pronounced an-em-oh-ya.

The feeling of nostalgia for a time or place that you have never experienced.​


7. Pâro

Pronounced pah-ro.

The feeling that no matter what you do, you’re doing it wrong.​

8. Xeno

Pronounced zee-noh.

The powerful moments shared between random strangers, such as a smile or a laugh, which reduce feelings of loneliness.​

9. Acatalepsy

Pronounced aka-ta-lep-sy.​

The apparent impossibility of humans ever comprehending the universe​

10.Liberosis

Pronounced lib-ero-sis.

The desire to care less about things, to feel less.​

excerpt from Esquire​

 

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