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- DictionaryZeit·geist/ˈzītˌɡīst/
noun
- 1. the defining spirit or mood of a particular period of history as shown by the ideas and beliefs of the time: "the story captured the zeitgeist of the late 1960s"
noun
Intellectual fashion or dominant school of thought that typifies and influences the culture of a particular period in time
In 18th- and 19th-century German philosophy, a zeitgeist (capitalized in German;) ("spirit of the age") is an invisible agent, force, or daemon dominating the characteristics of a given epoch in world history. The term is usually associated with Georg W. F. Hegel, contrasting with Hegel's use of Volksgeist "national spirit" and Weltgeist "world-spirit". Its coinage and popularization precede Hegel... Wikipedia