The zeitgeist is the spirit and mood of a particular period. Capture the zeitgeist, the zeitgeist of the sixties, ahead of the zeitgeist.
It is German for time spirit and arrived whole, since English had no single word for it. Capturing the zeitgeist is the standard praise for a work that turned out to be about its moment.
1nounzeitgeistThe spirit and mood of a particular period.
“Anxiety about money seems to be part of the zeitgeist right now.”
zeitgeist is a spirit.
German Zeitgeist joins Zeit, time, and Geist, spirit.
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