Redesis

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Redesis

n.
a feeling of queasiness while offering someone advice, knowing they might well face a totally different set of constraints and capabilities, any of which might propel them to a wildly different outcome—which makes you wonder if all of your hard-earned wisdom is fundamentally nontransferable, like handing someone a gift card in your name that probably expired years ago.

Middle English rede, advice + pedesis, the random motion of particles. Pronounced “ruh-dee-sis.”

Amoransia

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Watashiato

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Foilsick

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Redesis

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Mottleheaded

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On Tenderhooks

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Lackout

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Bye-Over

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Attriage

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Querinous

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Lookaback

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Mauerbauertraurigkeit

Mauerbauer-traurigkeit

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Antiophobia

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Immerensis

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Feresy

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Heartworm

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Hubilance

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Vaucasy

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Caucic

a close-up of a stone walking path

Wenbane

a person standing on a ledge looking at a city skyline

Burn Upon Reentry

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Lookaback

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O’Erpine

a person looking at a grave

Lisolia

a bookcase containing objects

Ecsis

a hand holding a fossil

Irrition

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