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exulansis

/ˌɛk.səˈlæn.sɪs/

exulansis noun: resignation to stop talking about an experience, because others cannot relate to it.

Noun

exulansis (uncountable)

  1. (neologism, rare) Resignation to stop talking about an experience, because others cannot relate to it.
    • I am constantly struck by overwhelming feelings of exulansis—the inability to properly articulate one's reasons and feelings—when I try to convince friends or strangers that I objectively experienced noteworthy sufferings at a young age[…]2019 August 22, Sara Beam, Emily Dial-Driver, Rilla Askew, Juliet Evusa, Voices from the Heartland: Volume II, University of Oklahoma Press, →ISBN, page 154
    • […] This unloved giving-in to exulansis behaves as[…]2021 March 1, Engin Yurt, From Phenomenon Labyrinths To Midnights of Zugzwangs Or Missing Apparitions in Yūgen Recordings I, Elya Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 81

exulansis meaning in Tamil

exulansis in Tamil

பட்டறிவை வெளிப்படுத்தாமை

Origin of exulansis

Coined by American author and neologist John Koenig in 2015, creator of The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, from Latin exulāns (“exiling; exile, wanderer”) + -sis (suffix forming nouns of condition).

Questions about exulansis

What does exulansis mean?
Exulansis means resignation to stop talking about an experience, because others cannot relate to it.
What is exulansis in Tamil?
Exulansis in Tamil is பட்டறிவை வெளிப்படுத்தாமை. See Exulansis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is exulansis?
Exulansis is a noun.
How do you pronounce exulansis?
Exulansis is pronounced /ˌɛk.səˈlæn.sɪs/.

Words near exulansis in the dictionary

  1. exuding
  2. exudings
  3. exudivore
  4. exudivores
  5. exul
  6. exulansis
  7. exulcerate
  8. exulcerated
  9. exulcerates
  10. exulcerateth
  11. exulcerating

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: exulansis (page history and authors); exulansis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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