solastalgia
Meanings
noun
- A form of homesickness experienced when one has not moved, but one's environment has changed.
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Etymology
Coined by Australian philosopher and researcher Glenn Albrecht in 2005 from Latin sōlācium (“solace, comfort”) + -algia (“pain”).
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