anemoia
Nostalgia for a time or a place one has never knownNostalgia for a time or a place one has never known.
/ˌænəˈmɔɪə/
Meaning
1 senses(neologism, uncommon, uncountable)Nostalgia for a time or a place one has never known.
Origin
Coined by American author and neologist John Koenig in 2012, whose project, The DictionaryCoined by American author and neologist John Koenig in 2012, whose project, The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, aims to come up with new words for emotions that currently lack words. From Ancient Greek ἄνεμος (ánemos, “wind”) + -oia, extracted from
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Synonyms
1 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsRelatednowstalgia
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable