liberosis means the longing to feel a blissful childlike state of indifference and to experience life's joys without being burdened by its cares. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 99 out of 100.
Why this word is great
LIBEROSIS — [Noun] The wistful longing to inhabit a blissful, childlike state of indifference, to experience life's joys without being burdened by its cares. Coined by John Koenig from Italian libero ("free") and the English suffix -osis (denoting a state or condition), with specific reference to the libero position in volleyball, which allows greater freedom of movement. Unlike ataraxia (which denotes a serene, philosophical calm achieved through discipline) or apathy (which implies a hollow lack of feeling), liberosis is a full-hearted ache for a sanctioned weightlessness. It is the adult watching children chase soap bubbles with no thought of the coming laundry; the fantasy of shedding one’s mental ledger of duties like a heavy coat on the first day of spring; the envy of tasting a strawberry not as an expense or a calorie, but purely as a sun-warmed burst of red. We long not for simpler times, but for a simpler relationship to time itself.
noun
- The longing to feel a blissful childlike state of indifference and to experience life's joys without being burdened by its cares.“I was cursed with liberosis, the desire to care less about everything. I am a skid mark on the lingerie of life; the only concern for its presence is to vanish.”