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exulansis

noun /ˌɛk.səˈlæn.sɪs/

  1. Resignation to stop talking about an experience, because others cannot relate to it.

    rare, uncountable

    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[…]

Where it comes from

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).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry exulansis (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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