The tendency to give up trying to talk about an experience because people are unable to relate to it. It's the frustration of having important experiences that resist communication or seem impossible to share meaningfully.
From Latin 'exul' (exile) and the suffix '-ansis,' suggesting the state of being exiled from communication. The term captures how certain experiences can make you feel linguistically homeless, unable to find words that bridge your internal reality with others' understanding.
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