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.

Lockheartedness

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Falesia

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Aesthosis

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Wenbane

a person standing on a ledge looking at a city skyline

Allope

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Craxis

a tall house of cards