单词 | zeitgeist |
释义 | zeitgeist (zaɪtgaɪst) singular noun The zeitgeist of a particular place during a particular period in history is the attitudes and ideas that are generally common there at that time, especially the attitudes and ideas shown in literature, philosophy, and politics. He has caught the zeitgeist of rural life in the 1980s very well indeed. [+ of] zeitgeist in British English (ˈzaɪtˌɡaɪst) noun the spirit, attitude, or general outlook of a specific time or period, esp as it is reflected in literature, philosophy, etc Word origin C20: from German, literally: time spirit; see tide1, ghostzeitgeist in American English (ˈtsaɪtˌgaɪst) noun the spirit of the age; trend of thought and feeling in a period Word origin Ger, time spirit |
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