Zeitgeist
translates from German as the "spirit of the time". It describes the
prevailing mood, cultural climate, and collective attitudes of a
specific era.
In the Zeitgeist
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zeitgeist (noun) - the spirit or mood of a particular moment, year, or age; the distinctive intellectual, moral, and cultural climate of a period of history [zahyt-gahyst]
BREAKDOWN: The word zeitgeist is relatively new and comes to English directly from the German word for spirit of the age. Its roots are zeit meaning time and geist meaning spirit.
“Georg Hegel viewed the "great men" as instruments of something far greater. Hegel believes that an individual can indeed embody the zeitgeist for a moment, but also that the individual isn't always clear they are doing so.” —Emmanuel Macron
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