kenopsia

Meanings

1. The haunting quality of seeing a location typically full of people in a state of emptiness or abandonment.

Etymology

Coined by American author and neologist John Koenig, creator of The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, from Ancient Greek κενός (kenós, “empty”) and the modern English suffix -opsia, itself from the Ancient Greek -οψία (-opsía, “sight”).