Saturday, April 9, 2016

Zeitgeist

Zeitgeist    [TSahyt-gahyst]

noun. the spirit or essence of a particular time or era

"His years at MTV put him at the center of the pop culture zeitgeist for a time."

"The story captured the zeitgeist of the late 1980s."

"Woodstock was part of the Zeitgeist of the 1960s."

Origin:  Mid 19th century: from German Zeitgeist, from Zeit 'time' + Geist 'spirit'.

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