Citations:kenopsia

English citations of kenopsia

Noun: "(neologism, rare) the haunting quality of seeing a location typically full of people in a state of emptiness or abandonment"

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• 2015, Johnny Close, Eco-Lonely, page 165:

  There was a ripe kenopsia about the place, an eerie, forlorn atmosphere of this abandoned and quiet place which is usually bustling with people.

• 2018, Deborah "D.E.E.P." Mouton, "Divination", in Black Girl Magic: The BreakBeat Poets - Volume 2 (eds. Mahogany L. Browne, Idrissa Simmonds, & Jamila Woods), unnumbered page:

  Since this womb has become a land

  of kenopsia and ghosts

  of muscles still flitter

  your name

• 2019, Coty Clogston, Vaticide, unnumbered page:

  What would have given him an eerie feeling of kenopsia that one felt in a land left behind, such as a ghost town or empty school, instead gave him a haunting feeling.

• 2019, Ellen Klinkel & Nick Gerlich, A Matter of Time: Route 66 through the Lens of Change, page 5:

  Many of the places we visited have the distinct feel of kenopsia, which is that eeriness of places left behind or once teeming with people but now quiet, save for the wind blowing through open windows.

• 2020, Sucharita Dutta-Asane, "Interlude", in Lockdown Longings: 10 Stories of Love and Recollections, unnumbered page:

  When he thinks of his city as it is these days, suspended in time, in space, in its potential for life, he thinks of a word. He thinks of it as the dusk deepens, turning the trees into amorphous shapes. Kenopsia.

• 2021, Hany Mohammed, Little Jolly: The Fun Here Has Just Begun, unnumbered page:

  Although the hallway was empty, I felt that once, it witnessed crowds. Although the place was soundless, I felt that once, it held giggles. Although the white walls were cracked, I felt that once, they looked beautiful. For some reason, I felt kenopsia.

• 2022, Uboho Bassey, "Coronavirus", Times and Seasons: A Collection of Poems, unnumbered page:

  WHO calls it a global pandemic,

  Earth's population lost in kenopsia.

• 2022, David Moscow & John Moscow, From Scratch: Adventures in Harvesting, Hunting, Fishing, and Foraging on a Fragile Planet, unnumbered page:

  The other difference I noticed from '42 was the sharp drop in oyster farmhands, from hundreds to only three today. Looking around, I felt a touch of kenopsia; the canal seemed much emptier.

• 2022, JiJi H., "Existing", in Borderline: An Anthology of Instability, unnumbered page:

  the world has started to look hazy,

  it's like i can constantly smell the fragrance of fresh daisies,

  in the kenopsia of my own silence i can hear sweet melodies.

• 2023, Mikkel Bille & Siri Schwabe, The Atmospheric City, unnumbered page:

  What he describes here is strikingly similar to what has been termed kenopsia' […]