# zeitgeist

Pronunciation: say "ZYT-gyst" /ˈzaɪtˌɡaɪst/

## Noun

1. The spirit of an age: the tastes, outlook, and mood characteristic of a particular period.
   - Simple: The ideas, tastes, and mood that are typical of a certain time.
   - _The band's first album captured the zeitgeist of a restless, hopeful decade._
   - _Advertisers spend fortunes trying to read the zeitgeist before their competitors do._

## Origin

Borrowed unchanged from German Zeitgeist (literally "spirit of the age").

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/zeitgeist (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).