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Jul 27, 2011

Word. Wednesday.

Eudaimonia or eudaemonia (Ancient Greek: εὐδαιμονία [evðaimoˈnia]), sometimes Anglicized as eudemonia ( /juːdəˈmoʊni.ə/), is a Greek word commonly translated as happiness, however "human flourishing" is a more accurate translation.[1] Etymologically, it consists of the word "eu" ("good") and "daimōn" ("spirit").

I love words. Here's one I thought of today, because of Verity's "wabi sabi" post. More on this tomorrow... Hopefully!

3 comments:

  1. Human flourishing. What a nice way of saying happiness!

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  2. Love this word. Now I must walk around being annoying and saying it frequently to people who don't know what it means.

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