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Word entry · 9 letters

zeitgeist

Best crossword clue

"Spirit of the age"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /ˈzaɪtˌɡaɪst/Sorted eegiisttzStarts with ZEnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Alternative letter-case form of zeitgeist.

Word origin

Unadapted borrowing from German Zeitgeist (literally “spirit of the age”).

Used in a sentence

  • After quickly summarizing the zeitgeisten of the Greek, Elizabethan, and early modern periods and their effects on the theatre, Rice turns to the contemporary world.
  • [Robert] Heinlein’s gift was to catch the zeitgeist. “That’s what made him so successful, but it makes his work seem dated.”
  • The vote also stoked fears that Swiss citizens were reflecting the zeitgeist across Europe, where right-wing populists increasingly are seizing the spotlight with an anti-immigration political agenda.

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