English Dictionary

eunoia

IPA（発音記号）

/juːˈnɔɪ.ə/

名詞

修辞法 不可算名詞

(rhetoric) Goodwill towards an audience, either perceived or real; the perception that the speaker has the audience's interest at heart. / (medicine, psychology) A state of normal adult mental health.

日本語の意味

（修辞学）聴衆への好意や、聴衆が話者に対して抱く信頼・好意の状態。 / （医学・心理学）正常な成人が保つ健全な精神状態、つまり健康な心の状態。

The speaker's eunoia softened the audience's skepticism and made the argument more persuasive.

話し手の聴衆への好意が聴衆の懐疑心を和らげ、主張をより説得力のあるものにした。

意味（1）

(rhetoric) Goodwill towards an audience, either perceived or real; the perception that the speaker has the audience's interest at heart.

Direct argument is a dangerous strategy for developing eunoia, since those who have many friends and treat everyone as close to them seem to be friends to no one, except in a fellow-citizens way. These people are regarded as ingratiating.

意味（2）

(medicine, psychology) A state of normal adult mental health.

The author says if we translate this metopic or coronal curve into the language of psychology we have eunoia or prothymia.