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  2. Jamais vu - Wikipedia

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    Jamais vu involves a sense of eeriness and the observer’s impression of experiencing something for the first time, despite rationally knowing that they have experienced it before. [1] Jamais vu is commonly explained as when a person momentarily does not recognize a word or, less commonly, a person or place, that they already know. [2]

  3. Saudade - Wikipedia

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    It derives from the Latin word for solitude. [3] It is often associated with a repressed understanding that one might never encounter the object of longing ever again. It is a recollection of feelings, experiences, places, or events, often elusive, that cause a sense of separation from the exciting, pleasant, or joyous sensations they once caused.

  4. Déjà vu - Wikipedia

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    The proposed sense of recognition (déjà vu) involves achieving a good match between the present experience and the stored data. This reconstruction, however, may now differ so much from the original event it is as though it had never been experienced before, even though it seems similar. [39]

  5. Thesaurus - Wikipedia

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    Thesaurus Linguae Latinae. A modern english thesaurus. A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms ...

  6. List of idioms of improbability - Wikipedia

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    The word nikoli, when stressed on the second syllable, means "never", when stressed on the first it is the locative case of Nikola, i.e. Nicholas; Spanish – cuando las vacas vuelen ("when cows fly") or cuando los chanchos vuelen ("when pigs fly"). Its most common use is in response to an affirmative statement, for example "I saw Mrs. Smith ...

  7. Catharsis - Wikipedia

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    Catharsis is from the Ancient Greek word κάθαρσις, katharsis, meaning "purification" or "cleansing", commonly used to refer to the purification and purgation of thoughts and emotions by way of expressing them. The desired result is an emotional state of renewal and restoration.

  8. Existential crisis - Wikipedia

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    While they are all experienced as unpleasant, they often carry within them various positive potentials as well that can push the person in the direction of positive personal development. [ 4 ] [ 22 ] Through the experience of loneliness, for example, the person may achieve a better understanding of the substance and importance of relationships.

  9. Qualia - Wikipedia

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    The "redness" of red is a commonly used example of a quale. In philosophy of mind, qualia (/ ˈ k w ɑː l i ə, ˈ k w eɪ-/; singular: quale /-l i,-l eɪ /) are defined as instances of subjective, conscious experience.