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of World Problems
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Solemnity

Name(s):

Anguish

Cheerlessness

Darkness

Dejection

Depression

Desolation

Despair

Despondency

Discontentment

Discouragement

Displeasure

Dolorousness

Grief

Grimness

Heartlessness

Hopelessness

Infelicity

Joylessness

Lowness

Malaise

Melancholy

Misery

Mournfulness

Oppression

Pessimism

Pleasurelessness

Sadness

Sorrow

Spiritlessness

Unhappiness

Wearisomeness

Woe

Lack of joy

Lack of pleasure

Nature

In the liturgical calendar of the Roman Rite, a solemnity is a feast day of the highest rank celebrating a mystery of faith such as the Trinity, an event in the life of Jesus, his mother Mary, his earthly father Joseph, or another important saint. The observance begins with the vigil on the evening before the actual date of the feast. Unlike feast days of the rank of feast (other than feasts of the Lord) or those of the rank of memorial, solemnities replace the celebration of Sundays outside Advent, Lent, and Easter (those in Ordinary Time).

The word comes from postclassical Latin sollemnitas, meaning a solemnity, festival, celebration of a day.

Source: Wikipedia

Claim

Slowly, and in subtle ways, joy is leaking out of our lives. A cheerless solemnity is stealing over the land so that even children do not laugh any more.

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Strategy(ies)

Type

(A) Abstract fundamental problems

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The Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential is a unique, experimental research work of the Union of International Associations. It is currently published as a searchable online platform with profiles of world problems, action strategies, and human values that are interlinked in novel and innovative ways. These connections are based on a range of relationships such as broader and narrower scope, aggravation, relatedness and more. By concentrating on these links and relationships, the Encyclopedia is uniquely positioned to bring focus to the complex and expansive sphere of global issues and their interconnected nature.

The initial content for the Encyclopedia was seeded from UIA’s Yearbook of International Organizations. UIA’s decades of collected data on the enormous variety of association life provided a broad initial perspective on the myriad problems of humanity. Recognizing that international associations are generally confronting world problems and developing action strategies based on particular values, the initial content was based on the descriptions, aims, titles and profiles of international associations.

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