lachesism

发音

/ˈlækəˌsɪzəm/

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The yearning for the clarity or reprioritisation afforded by surviving a disaster.

    罕用 不可数

    In that sense, we can probably say that the Covid-19 pandemic, which put the world on hold for over a year, satisfied our collective lachesism.

词源

From Lachesis + -ism; coined by American author and neologist John Koenig, creator of The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, with reference to the Ancient Greek goddess Lachesis, the Fate responsible for allotting the span of each mortal's life.

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