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.”

Mauerbauertraurigkeit

Mauerbauer-traurigkeit

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Adomania

a person riding a horse

Kerisl

piles of old books scattered in an abandoned room

Rubatosis

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Moledro

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Kairosclerosis

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