zeitgeist

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

noun the spirit of the time; the spirit characteristic of an age or generation

Unadapted borrowing from German Zeitgeist (literally “spirit of the age”).

The “Zeitgeist” breathed against the plans of Pitt, and they were not. — William Pitt and national revival, J. Holland (John Holland) Rose
The pamphlets, periodicals, and books are the crystals wherein the Zeitgeist of the 18th century is preserved. — Selected Works of Voltairine de Cleyre, Voltairine De Cleyre
In fact it was this correlation which filled the Zeitgeist of the sixteenth century with the idea that it had a new organ for the penetration of nature, a new sense for learning its meaning. — Leibniz's New Essays Concerning the Human Understanding: A Critical Exposition, John Dewey

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