Zeitgeist: Moving Forward
2011
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The meaning of ZEITGEIST is the general intellectual, moral, and cultural climate of an era. How to use zeitgeist in a sentence. Did you know?
In 18th- and 19th-century German philosophy, a zeitgeist (capitalized in German; German pronunciation: [ˈtsaɪtɡaɪst] ⓘ) ("spirit of the age") is an invisible agent, force, or daemon dominating the characteristics of a given epoch in world history.
ZEITGEIST definition: 1. the general set of ideas, beliefs, feelings, etc. that is typical of a particular period in…. Learn more.
noun. the spirit, attitude, or general outlook of a specific time or period, esp as it is reflected in literature, philosophy, etc. Zeitgeist. The general moral, intellectual, and cultural climate of an era; Zeitgeist is German for “time-spirit.”
ZEITGEIST meaning: 1. the general set of ideas, beliefs, feelings, etc. that is typical of a particular period in…. Learn more.
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Zeitgeist is the spirit or essence of a particular time. In the 1920s, flappers and speakeasies contributed to that era's Zeitgeist. Zeitgeist is a word that comes straight from German — zeit means "time" and geist means spirit, and the "spirit of the time" is what's going on culturally, religiously, or intellectually during a certain period.
Definition of zeitgeist noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
