zeitgeist
pronunciation
How to pronounce zeitgeist in British English:
UK [ˈzaɪtɡaɪst]
How to pronounce zeitgeist in American English:
US [ 'tsaɪtɡaɪst]
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- Noun:
- the spirit of the time; the spirit characteristic of an age or generation
Word Origin
- zeitgeist (n.)
- 1848, from German Zeitgeist (Herder, 1769), "spirit of the age," literally "time-spirit," from Zeit "time" (see tide (n.)) + Geist "spirit" (see ghost (n.)). Carlyle has it as a German word in "Sartor Resartus" (1840) and translates it as "Time-Spirit."
Example
- 1. Now it 's at the center of the zeitgeist .
- 2. Fear has nudged out hope in the obama zeitgeist .
- 3. It is good at one thing , and for now the zeitgeist has turned against it .
- 4. They have a great instinct for the zeitgeist the asset class of the moment .
- 5. Instead , they assumed that the zeitgeist that had legitimised their greed would continue .