1. the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own
Usage: neologism; informal

Examples

• Walking through the busy airport, she experienced sonder as she watched strangers hurrying to their gates.
• The concept of sonder hit him while sitting in traffic, realizing every driver had their own story.
• Sonder made her pause on the park bench, observing the joggers and dog walkers around her.
• He felt a wave of sonder watching people through the coffee shop window.
• The crowded subway platform triggered a moment of sonder about the lives surrounding her.