Anechosis

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Anechosis

n.
a state of exhaustion with continually being told what you want to hear, whether by marketers pandering to you or acquaintances afraid of causing offense; the longing for someone to have the heart to finally call you out on your bullshit, challenge your long-held assumptions, and push you to become a better person—which would be a far deeper kindness than trying to live and let live.

From an-, against + echoes. Pronounced “an-uh-koh-sis.”

Ludiosis

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Siso

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Catoptric Tristesse

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Kenaway

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Star-Stuck

a man walking towards a door with a large question mark

Scrough

a person working on the sidewalk

Tillid

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Poggled

a person studying a book with a magnifying glass

Ledsome

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Fygophobia

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Routwash

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Kinchy

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Kuebiko

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Anecdoche

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Aftergloom

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Anthrodynia

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Wytai

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Momophobia

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Elosy

a blurry image of a person in a subway car

Zverism

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Agnosthesia

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Scrough

a person working on the sidewalk

Rasque

close-up of the shards of a broken vase

Fitching

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Lilo

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Addleworth

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The Giltwrights

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