Aponemia

a group of people standing together

Aponemia

n.
the peculiar quality of never having chosen to be born, which is shared by everyone else around you; the curious awareness that even though earthly life might be the most exciting party in the universe, somehow everyone in attendance had been dragged here by a friend or stumbled in by accident.

Greek απονέμω (aponémo), to bestow. Pronounced “ap-uh-nee-mee-uh.”

Ellipsism

a hand clawing at a wall

Knellish

a blurry image of a person lying on a bed

Rialtoscuro

a blurry image of a light source

Rookish

a stone tower with a person seated on top

Dolorblindness

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Monachopsis

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Knellish

a blurry image of a person lying on a bed

Epistrix

several doors standing in a dark room

Pâro

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Daguerreologue

Daguer-reologue

a man sitting in blurred silhouette at a desk

Loss Of Backing

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Viadne

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Liberosis

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