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Anhedonia(n.)
The loss of interest and enjoyment in all activities that you once liked; the feeling of not caring anymore.

It is a core clinical feature of depression, schizophrenia, and some other mental illnesses.

Origin : from French anhédonie/from Greek an- ‘without’ + hēdonē ‘pleasure’

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Psithurism
(noun.)
/ˈsɪθjʊəˌɹɪzəm/
The sound of the wind in the trees and rustling leaves.

Origin : from Greek ;
psíthuros : “whispering, slanderous”

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Komorebi
(noun.)
Sunlight that filters through the leaves of trees .

Origin : from‌ Japanese (木漏れ日)
 木 (ko, “tree”)+‎ 漏れ (more, “leaking, coming through” +‎ 日 (hi, “sun; sunlight”). The hi changes to bi as an instance of rendaku (a phenomenon in Japanese morphophonology‌)

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Nyctophilia
(noun.)
Love of darkness or night ; finding relaxation or comfort in a darkness.
It is also described as a disorder.

Nyctophiliac
(adj.)

Origin : from Greek ; nukt- + phile

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