Manusia

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Manusia

n.
the ambient feeling of being a human being; a baseline mood that everyone feels intensely every moment of their lives, but can never pin down because they have nothing else to compare it to.

Sanskrit manusyá, human being. Pronounced “muh-noo-zhuh” or “muh-noo-zee-uh.”

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Ameneurosis

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Holiette

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Pâro

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