Headspace

/ˈhɛdˌspeɪs/ noun

Definition

Your mental and emotional state; the space in your mind where thoughts and feelings exist.

Etymology

Modern compound word combining 'head' + 'space,' emerging in 20th-century psychology and popular culture to describe mental state. Originally technical jargon that became colloquial slang in the 1960s.

Kelly Says

The term 'headspace' only became mainstream in the last 60 years, but it's now so common that meditation apps are named after it—showing how quickly language evolves when society needs a word for an invisible but very real thing we all experience.

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