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weltschmerz
noun
A deep sadness about the inadequacy of the world; world-weariness.
ikigai
A reason for being; the thing that gets you up in the morning — the intersection of what you love, what you are good at, what the world needs, and what you can be paid for.
yugen
A profound, mysterious sense of the beauty of the universe that triggers a deep emotional response.
wabi-sabi
The beauty of imperfection, impermanence, and incompleteness.
ineffable
adjective
Too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words.
eudaimonia
Human flourishing or prosperity; a contented state of being happy, healthy, and prosperous.
liminal
Occupying a position at, or on both sides of, a boundary or threshold; a transitional or ambiguous place.
numinous
Having a strong religious or spiritual quality; evoking a sense of the presence of divinity; mysterious and awe-inspiring.
ephemeral
Lasting for a very short time; transitory.
sempiternal
Eternal and unchanging; everlasting.
cell
(biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals
motivation
The psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior; "we did not understand his motivation"; "he acted with the best of motives"
motive
follow-up
A subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment
followup
reexamination
review
fingerprinting
The procedure of taking inked impressions of a person's fingerprints for the purpose of identification
genetic profiling
The procedure of analyzing the DNA in samples of a person's body tissue or body fluid for the purpose of identification
genetic fingerprinting
validation
The act of validating; finding or testing the truth of something
proof
substantiation
springboard
A beginning from which an enterprise is launched; "he uses other people's ideas as a springboard for his own"; "reality provides the jumping-off point for his illusions"; "the point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution but must be the function it carries out"
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