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monachopsis

UK/ˌmɒnəˈkɒpsɪs/US/ˌmɑnəˈkɑpsɪs/

monachopsis noun: the persistent sense that one is out of place or otherwise does not belong.

Noun

monachopsis (uncountable)

  1. (neologism, rare) The persistent sense that one is out of place or otherwise does not belong.
    • My cliche teenage romance that every girl secretly craves deep down. […] He resolved my monachopsis with a warm vibe that I craved to be near.2019, Jonna Wahl, Bloody Bloom, unnumbered page
    • Not being able to settle down and living on the edge send these women into monachopsis where the persistent feeling of being unbelonged and out-of-place looms over them constantly.2020, Sharon Ee Ling Quah, Transnational Divorce: Understanding Intimacies and Inequalities from Singapore, unnumbered page

Origin of monachopsis

Coined by American author and neologist John Koenig, creator of The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, from Ancient Greek μοναχός (monakhós, “single, solitary”) + ὄψις (ópsis, “view, sight”).

Questions about monachopsis

What does monachopsis mean?
Monachopsis means the persistent sense that one is out of place or otherwise does not belong.
What part of speech is monachopsis?
Monachopsis is a noun.
How do you pronounce monachopsis?
Monachopsis is pronounced /ˌmɒnəˈkɒpsɪs/ (UK).

Words near monachopsis in the dictionary

  1. monachizations
  2. monachize
  3. monachized
  4. monachizes
  5. monachizing
  6. monachopsis
  7. monacid
  8. monacidic
  9. monacids
  10. Monaco
  11. monacolin

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