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Sonder (eng) — awareness that every bystander has a life as complex and vibrant as you.
Sonder <TAG1> is a feeling that combines surprise, melancholy and awareness. The word is not translated literally into Ukrainian, but describes the opinion that every stranger you see, — is the main character of his own life.
When you're in a traffic jam and you're outraged that everyone is in a hurry, the sonder reminds you that each of these — machines is someone's life. In it, a person goes to a meeting, dreams, argues on the phone or listens to music that reminds him of his youth.
The word came about thanks to writer John Koenig, who in 2013 created The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows project. He collected and invented words to describe those emotions for which there were no names in the language. The word «sonder» has become one of the most popular.
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