kenopsia
The haunting quality of seeing a location typically full of people in a state of…The haunting quality of seeing a location typically full of people in a state of emptiness or abandonment.
UK/kəˈnɒp.si.ə/US/kəˈnɑp.si.ə/
Meaning
1 senses(neologism, rare, uncountable)The haunting quality of seeing a location typically full of people in a state of emptiness or abandonment.
Origin
Coined by American author and neologist John Koenig, creator of The Dictionary of ObscureCoined by American author and neologist John Koenig, creator of The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, from Ancient Greek κενός (kenós, “empty”) and the modern English suffix -opsia, itself from the Ancient Greek -οψία (-opsía, “sight”).
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Word family
1 related wordsRelatedliminal space
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable