Aftergloom

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Loneliness-Detachment
Space-Solitude
Shift-Movement

Aftergloom

n.
the pang of loneliness you feel the day after an intensely social event, as the glow of voices and laughter fades into a somber quiet.

From afterglow + gloom.

From the Dictionary

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a close-up of a gear

Backmasking

a woman's face with a double exposure

Galagog

a person alone in a snowy desolate landscape

Offtides

close-up of a chromed metal object

Flichtish

Cover image for the Flichtish word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Lilo

Cover image for the Lilo word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows
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