Citations:sonder

Noun: "(neologism) the profound feeling of realizing that everyone, including strangers passed in the street, has a life as complex as one's own"

 * 2012, John Buysse, "On 2nd thought, we do have linked lives", The Daily Illini (University of Illinois), Volume 142, Issue 68, 5 December 2012, page 4A:
 * I had a sonder, a realization that the random girl sitting next to me inside of Starbucks might have a fantastic life or she might be dealing with a very ill family member.
 * 2013, Meghan Garant, "Bigger picture comprised of complex individualities", The Watchdog (Westfield High School, Chantilly, Virginia), Volume 13, Issue 6, 8 March 2013, page 7:
 * Sonder is the knowledge that everybody feels, all the time. And not just feel, they also act. They sing out of tune and write bad poetry and crave BLTs and watch the new episode of Teen Wolf and all the while you are existing.
 * 2013, Timothy Morrison, "Toronto: A Misguided Rant About Its Identity", Femmeldehyde, 15 May 2013, page 12:
 * I would crank my neck looking at buildings taller than trees and suffer through culture shock admiring all the people living their busy lives. I'll still always have a bit of sonder and childlike amazement for Toronto even as it starts to feel more like home.
 * 2013, Annie Cohen, "A Deeper Understanding", Panorama (Ladue Horton Watkins High School, St. Louis, Missouri), Volume 62, Issue 3, 14 October 2013, page 14:
 * We need to have a "sonder" moment, where we realize that we aren't the only ones with feelings, dreams, regrets and hopes.
 * 2014, Yoora Lee, "Get Through Your 20s", Ink (Virginia Commonwealth University), Volume 6, Issue 4, April 2014, pages 5-6:
 * Fellow artist Rachel Ludwig, a senior sculpture and extended media major exemplified the concept of sonder when her and colleague Alex Curley set out on an adventure to Iceland this past summer to pursue a collaborative project together.
 * 2014, Daniel Borgen, "Going To The Chapel–Of Grace", PQ Monthly, Volume 3, Number 4, April/May 2014, page 3:
 * A few years ago, an ex of mine introduced me to the concept of "sonder"
 * 2014, Aimee Murphy, "Sonder: The Key To Peace?", Life Matters Journal, Volume 3, Issue 2, Winter 2014:
 * The word was “sonder” – and I am convinced that this idea of sonder is something that can revolutionize the way we see our fellow man, change the world, and it could very well be the key to peace in the world.
 * 2015, Emily Neiman, Sonder: Clara's Story, iUniverse (2015), ISBN 9781491760048, unnumbered page:
 * I knew the feeling of sonder my whole life. Every time I stopped what I was doing and just watched people, this feeling of breathlessness would wash over me.
 * 2017, Aoife McElwain, Slow at Work: How to Work Less, Achieve More and Regain Your Balance in an Always-on World, unnumbered page:
 * Perhaps the idea of sonder can help give us some empathy when it comes to dealing with others in the workplace.
 * 2018, E. Mora, "City Bustle", in Flex: A Collection of Poems, unnumbered page:
 * But perhaps, in a vulnerable moment, you are struck by
 * an overdose of sonder
 * 2020, Darrin Hodgetts, Ottilie Stolte, Christopher Sonn, Neil Drew, Stuart Carr, & Linda Waimarie Nikora, Social Psychology and Everyday Life, unnumbered page:
 * The notion of sonder also reflects the emphasis humanistic-oriented psychologists place on the ability of people to share emotions and experiences, find resonances with the experiences of other people and to co-construct meanings for events and relationships, as is also reflected in the concept of 'sense of community' (McMillan & Chavis, 1986).
 * 2019, Scott A. Simpson & Anna K. McDowell, The Clinical Interview: Skills for More Effective Patient Encounters, unnumbered page:
 * The idea of sonder allows the possibility of infinite curiosity about others' inner-lives.
 * 2019, Abhishek Verma, Untruth, Untruth, unnumbered page:
 * He had a feeling of sonder by looking at him.
 * 2020, Shawn Amick & Terry Rogers, Dick, Stan Greene, unnumbered page:
 * He puffed, watching people pass him on the streets, his mind unmoored to the sonder that swept over him.
 * 2020, Kayla Ann, Agency in The Hunger Games: Desire, Intent and Action in the Novels, page 140:
 * Collins' intricate presentation of minor characters not only supports the current discussions on agency but also creates a feeling of sonder within the reader.
 * 2020, Christopher E. Bell, Marissa Lammon, & Hanne Murray, "Girl Meets 'Woke': Rowan Blanchard, Intersectionality and Fan Engagement, in Disney Channel Tween Programming: Essays on Shows from Lizzie McGuire to Andi Mack (ed. Christopher E. Bell), pages 157-158:
 * Self-blame, self-deprecation, and gender disparities are not uncommon in adolescence; what separates Rowan Blanchard from her adolescent peers are her levels of introspection and ubiquitous exemplification of sonder,
 * 2020, Douglas Coupland, Binge: 60 Stories to Make Your Brain Feel Different, page 115:
 * It puts me in a state of sonder so extreme that I have to blank it all out and fix the graphics card or broken keypad or whatever it is that needs fixing and pretend I saw nothing.
 * 2021, John Long, Icarus Syndrome, unnumbered page:
 * Little tics still shot through her, but that flash of clear sky in her eyes was enough to light the sonder. Somehow, the person sitting across the table experienced her life with the same boggling range that I did.
 * 2021, Bryan Christopher Warne, Walking the Way of Grace: A Treatise, unnumbered page:
 * To have fully integrated this idea of sonder though, is to allow a glimpse into the beginnings of grace.
 * 2021, JJ Bola, The Selfless Act of Breathing, page 24:
 * He has a deep feeling of sonder, that each person's life is as complex as his own.