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)
- 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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Translations
form of homesickness
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References
- Wired, 20.12.2007, Clive Thompson on How the Next Victim of Climate Change Will Be Our Minds
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