lachesism

== English == === Etymology === From Lachesis +‎ -ism; coined by American author and neologist John Koenig, creator of The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, with reference to the Ancient Greek goddess Lachesis, the Fate responsible for allotting the span of each mortal's life. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlækəˌsɪzəm/ === Noun === lachesism (uncountable) (neologism, rare) The yearning for the clarity or reprioritisation afforded by surviving a disaster. 2021, "Sketching", The Designing Linguist, Issue #1 (2021), page 5: In that sense, we can probably say that the Covid-19 pandemic, which put the world on hold for over a year, satisfied our collective lachesism. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:lachesism. === References ===