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/ˈsɑndɚ/ · noun
(neologism) The profound feeling of realizing that everyone, including strangers passing in the street, has a life as complex as one's own, which they are constantly living despite one's personal lack of awareness of it..
We need to have a "sonder" moment, where we realize that we aren't the only ones with feelings, dreams, regrets and hopes.
I had a sonder, a realization that the random girl sitting next to me inside of Starbucks might have a fantastic life or she might be dealing with a very ill family member.
I knew the feeling of sonder my whole life. […] Every time I stopped what I was doing and just watched people, this feeling of breathlessness would wash over me.
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Sonder means (neologism) The profound feeling of realizing that everyone, including strangers passing in the street, has a life as complex as one's own, which they are constantly living despite one's personal lack of awareness of it..
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We need to have a "sonder" moment, where we realize that we aren't the only ones with feelings, dreams, regrets and hopes.
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