solastalgia

English

Etymology

Coined by Australian philosopher and researcher Glenn Albrecht of the roots Latin sōlācium (comfort) and Ancient Greek algia (pain).

Noun

solastalgia (uncountable)

  1. A form of homesickness one gets when one is still at home, but the environment is changed.
    • 2015, Fiona Farrell, The Villa at the Edge of the Empire, →ISBN, page 342:
      Part of what I feel in this city is solastalgia, not so much for buildings as for the routines I established around those buildings: the walk to visit friends in the CBD, the stroll to the cinema.

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