zeitgeist

noun

zeit·geist ˈtsīt-ˌgīst

ˈzīt-

often capitalized

: the general intellectual, moral, and cultural climate of an era

Examples of zeitgeist in a Sentence

His songs perfectly captured the zeitgeist of 1960s America.

Recent Examples on the Web Baumgartner spilled the beans and the behind the scenes details of just how much went into that moment that is now a permanent part of the pop culture zeitgeist. —

Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 4 June 2024 The benefit of all of this, of course, is a shift toward recognizing, at least in the zeitgeist, the seemingly facile truth: that moms have identities and desires beyond being moms. —

Cady Lang, TIME, 24 May 2024 Artificial intelligence occupies such a central spot in the zeitgeist that some campaigns have found that just deploying the technology helps draw attention to their messaging. —

Steven Lee Myers, New York Times, 23 May 2024 In an age of millennial mom anxiety and dread, Glazer doesn’t claim to be chasing the zeitgeist. —

Rachel Brodsky, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for zeitgeist

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