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.

Ludiosis

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Siso

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Heartmoor

a campfire with a kettle many small logs

Poggled

a person studying a book with a magnifying glass

Fygophobia

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Mimeomia

a person wearing an animal onesie garment

Nyctous

a person walking in the middle of a street

Anthrodynia

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Anechosis

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Routwash

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Hemeisis

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Anaphasia

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Kenaway

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Pax Latrina

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Ledsome

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Holiette

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Tillid

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Mal De Coucou

a blurry image of several men

Galagog

a person alone in a snowy desolate landscape

Boorance

a group of objects on a table

Desanté

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Walloway

water faucet that seems to emanate from the ground

The Kick Drop

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Dead Reckoning

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Cullaways

a lone sand castle on a beach at low tide

Attriage

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Fool’s Guilt

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