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.

Nullness

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Amuse-Douche

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Momophobia

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Anaphasia

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Burn Upon Reentry

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Adronitis

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Hemeisis

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Mimeomia

a person wearing an animal onesie garment

Hobsmacked

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Poggled

a person studying a book with a magnifying glass

Hailbound

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Eftless

a person with hands pressed on a window

Occhiolism

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Mogging Folly

a person sitting on a bench

Caucic

a close-up of a stone walking path

Aubadoir

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Furosha

a storm raging in the sky over a building

Attriage

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Wollah

a person with shapes raining on them

Sitheless

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