Nullness

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Nullness

n.
a state of instinctive restlessness that arises when your society makes too many choices on your behalf—foreclosing all risks, codifying all moral dilemmas, deciding in advance whether you’ll succeed or fail—as if your conscience had been outsourced to an external provider, so it’s no longer necessary to have one on site.

From null, an empty set of values.

The Wends

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Mcfeely

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Anticious

a group of men in hats looking at elevated signage

Caucic

a close-up of a stone walking path

Adomania

a person riding a horse

Offtides

close-up of a chromed metal object