Language

Greek

Greek words with roots in ancient philosophy and poetry.

34 words

Meraki

may-rah-kee

adj. Pouring yourself wholeheartedly into something with creativity and love.

Aponemia

ap-uh-nee-mee-uh

n. The peculiar quality of never having chosen to be born, shared by everyone else around you.

Alazia

"uh-ley-zhuh" or "ah-ley-zee-uh"

n. The fear that you're no longer able to change.

Oleka

oh-lee-kuh

n. The awareness of how few days are memorable.

Kenopsia

ken-op-see-uh

n. The eeriness of places left behind.

Ochisia

oh-kee-zee-uh

n. The fear that the role you once occupied in someone's life could be refilled without a second thought.

Vellichor

vel-uh-kawr

n. The strange wistfulness of used bookstores, infused with the passage of time.

Nachlophobia

nok-luh-foh-bee-uh

n. The fear that your deepest connections with people are ultimately pretty shallow.

Nodrophobia

noh-droh-foh-bee-uh

n. The fear of irrevocable actions and irreversible processes.

Echthesia

ek-thee-zhuh

n. A state of confusion when your internal sense of time does not align with the calendar.

Gnossienne

nos-yen

n. The awareness that someone you've known for years still has a private and mysterious inner life.

Solysium

soh-lee-zee-uhm

n. The unhinged delirium of being alone for an extended period of time.

Anthrodynia

an-thruh-din-ee-uh

n. A state of exhaustion with human cruelty, leading to appreciation for kindness and joy.

Anemoia

an-uh-moi-uh

n. Nostalgia for a time you never experienced.

Lachesism

lahk-uh-siz-uhm

n. Longing for the clarity of disaster.

Mimeomia

mim-ee-oh-mee-uh

n. The frustration of unintentionally embodying a stereotype.

Momophobia

moh-muh-foh-bee-uh

n. The fear of speaking off the cuff or from the heart.

Koinophobia

key-noh-foh-bee-uh

n. The fear that you've lived an ordinary life.

Fygophobia

fahy-goh-foh-bee-uh

n. The fear that your connections with people will diminish as you age.

Kudoclasm

koo-doh-klaz-uhm

n. A crisis of self-doubt emphasizing the need for balance in self-perception and actions.

Adronitis

ad-roh-nahy-tis

n. Frustration with the slow process of getting to know someone deeply.

Amentalio

ah-men-tal-yoh

n. The sadness of forgetting sense memories of the departed.

Epistrix

ih-pis-triks

n. A disconcerting cluster of simultaneous endings.

Xeno

zee-noh

n. The smallest measurable unit of human connection typically exchanged between passing strangers.

Opia

oh-pee-uh

n. The ambiguous intensity of eye contact.

Nementia

ne-men-shuh

n. The post-distraction effort to recall the reason for heightened emotions.

Astrophe

as-truh-fee

n. The feeling of being stuck on Earth.

Zenosyne

ze-nos-uhn-ee

n. The feeling that time is getting faster.

Kairosclerosis

kahy-roh-skluh-roh-sis

n. The moment you consciously try to savor your current happiness, only to have it slowly dissolve into an aftertaste.

Agnosthesia

ag-nos-thee-zhuh

n. The state of not knowing how you truly feel about something, leading to self-analysis based on behavioral clues.

Hemeisis

hem-ey-sis

n. The off-putting awareness of how deeply your culture's norms are ingrained in your psyche.

Antiophobia

an-tee-uh-foh-bee-uh

n. Fear experienced while leaving a loved one, uncertain if it will be the last time you see them.

Dolonia

duh-loh-nee-uh

n. A state of unease caused by excessive admiration, leading to doubts about one's true self.

Monachopsis

mon-uh-kop-sis

n. The subtle but persistent feeling of being out of place.

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