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bagelwhiteoff | 10 years ago

I found out that my first language apparently doesn't make a distinction of it. I tried to find synonyms, but none was able to grasp such difference. That's fascinating.

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mirimir|10 years ago

So your first language doesn't distinguish between "being alone" and "loneliness"? What is the word, if I may ask? Or at least, what is the emotional tone? Is it neutral, or negative?

bagelwhiteoff|10 years ago

The word is 'solitudine'. Wiki quote:

'In lingua inglese il concetto viene espresso con due differenti vocaboli, solitude e loneliness, che si riferiscono rispettivamente al piacere e al dolore provati in condizioni di esclusione'

'In English, the concept is expressed by two words, solitude and loneliness, which refer to pleasure and pain in the condition of exclusion.