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