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sonder

noun/ˈsɒndə/

C2CEFR level
88/100Rarity: very rare
LiteraryRegister

The realisation that every passer-by has a life as vivid as your own.

A wave of sonder hit him on the crowded platform.

Similar: empathy

Origin: Coined by The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows.

Topic: Emotion in General English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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