eccedentesiast
/ˌɛksɪˈdɛntɪəsˌt/
eccedentesiast means A person who masks their feelings (usually pain) with a smile.
eccedentesiast is pronounced /ˌɛksɪˈdɛntɪəsˌt/.
Why “eccedentesiast” is a great word
One who conceals private pain or sorrow behind a public, feigned smile. From the Latin ecce ('behold, I present to you'), dentes ('teeth'), and the suffix -iast ('performer'). Unlike a stoic, who endures hardship with genuine fortitude, or a dissembler, who conceals broad intentions, the eccedentesiast is specifically a performer of cheerfulness. It is the exhausted host beaming through a dinner party, the grieving colleague laughing too readily at the water cooler, the radiant social post composed in a room heavy with silence—each presenting teeth to the world like a gift they cannot afford to give, a meticulous theatre of pretending the world is not a weight.
noun
- A person who masks their feelings (usually pain) with a smile.
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