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theocave   (thee-o-keyv)

noun by Ella Engel-Snow

  1. pain that is a direct result of conforming to social norms in order to survive

When she returns home from the office she finds herself on the verge of collapse, exhausted from the daily theocave. 

 2. the contradiction of physically surviving by adhering to a set of socializations while simultaneously undergoing spiritual suffocation

 3. Hollow of gods 


(the from Latin meaning god, cav from Latin: hollow)

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