Reddit reviews They Have a Word for It: A Lighthearted Lexicon of Untranslatable Words and Phrases (The Writer's Studio)
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As you have seen in the other responses there is indeed a large portion of lingusitics and anthropology and cognitve science and sociology devoted to how language has shaped cultures and vice versa . Indeed, there are many concepts for which some cultures have no words.
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Here's one list of some of the better known examples:
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https://www.rocketlanguages.com/blog/20-of-the-worlds-most-beautiful-untranslatable-words/
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There are somr fun books about this topic
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They Have A Word for It
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Lost In Transalation
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Other Worldly
So strange, wife and I just discussing this--I actually feel sick when I witness the misfortune of other people. I know that Schadenfreude is perhaps the opposite,not quite, but close. . .?
There is a great book here it is but I am sure what the op is talking about is not there.
If there is a word for it great, but if not why does the hive mind not come up with one?