Eunoia Explained

In rhetoric, eunoia (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: [[wikt:εὔνοια|εὔνοιᾰ]]|eúnoia|well mind; beautiful thinking)^[1] is the good will that speakers cultivate between themselves and their audiences, a condition of receptivity.^[2] In Book VIII of the Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle uses the term to refer to the kind and benevolent feelings of good will a spouse has which form the basis for the ethical foundation of human life.^[3] Cicero translates Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: εὔνοιᾰ with the Latin word Latin: [[wikt:benevolentia|benevolentia]].^[4]

It is also a rarely used medical term referring to a state of normal mental health.^[5] Eunoia is the shortest English word containing all five main vowel graphemes.^[1]

In popular culture

• Eunoia is a work by poet Christian Bök consisting of five chapters, each one using only one vowel.
• In the science-fiction television series , Eunoia is the name of the native language of the Taelon race. Christian Bök was a consultant on that series and helped develop the language.
• The debut album of math rock band Invalids.^[6]
• In December 2015, the Ministry of Education in Singapore unveiled the name of a new junior College set to open in 2017, Eunoia Junior College. The unfamiliar name generated significant buzz in the Singapore community when it was first announced,^[7] including memes referencing Singlish homophones.^[8]
• Eunoia Technologies is the name of the firm Christopher Wylie founded after leaving Cambridge Analytica
• In classical music, Eunoia is a piano composition by Juan María Solare in the key of C Major (2021)
• In 2023, South Korean group Billlie released the album featuring the lead single "Eunoia" ^[9]
• In 2024, Japanese band Envy_(band) announced the release of their 8th album, 'Eunoia'. ^[10]

See also

• Iouea, a similarly short word with all the vowels.

Notes and References

1. News: Beautiful vowels. Today (BBC Radio 4). 30 October 2008 . BBC. Eunoia is the shortest word in English containing all five vowels - and it means "beautiful thought". It is also the title of Canadian poet Christian Bok's book of fiction in which each chapter uses only one vowel..
2. Book: Garver, Eugene. 9780226284255. Aristotle's Rhetoric: An Art of Character. Chicago. University of Chicago Press. 1994. 112.
3. Web site: The Family In Aristotle . 2017-08-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131029191658/http://www.mun.ca/animus/2001vol6/provencal6.htm . 2013-10-29 . dead .
4. Gloria Vivenza, "Classical Roots of Benevolence in Economic Thought," Ancient Economic Thought (Routledge, 1997) pp. 198–199, 204–208 online; Cicero's influence on patristic usage, Carolinne White, Christian Friendship in the Fourth Century (Cambridge University Press, 1992, 2002), pp. 16–17 online, 32, and p. 255, note 13.
5. http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?eunoia Definition: eunoia from Online Medical Dictionary
6. Web site: Invalids discography . Davis . Pete . . 2012 . 2 January 2019.
7. http://mothership.sg/2015/12/theres-going-to-be-a-new-junior-college-called-eunoia-heres-how-to-pronounce-it/ There’s going to be a new junior college called Eunoia; here’s how to pronounce it
8. Web site: What kinda weird school name is this la sial?! . 2015-12-29 . 2016-01-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160104171630/http://sgag.sg/posts/what-kinda-weird-school-name-is-this-la-sial . dead .
9. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MVjQIQGqNFM&feature=youtu.be Billlie | 'EUNOIA' M/V
10. https://www.instagram.com/p/C9kslKmCh6Y/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== ENVY - EUNOIA