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zeitgeist
/ˈzaɪtˌɡaɪst/
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What does zeitgeist mean?
noun
- The spirit of the age; the taste, outlook, and spirit characteristic of a period.
- Alternative letter-case form of zeitgeist.
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/ˈzaɪtˌɡaɪst/
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It is easy to overestimate the influence of any single man, and, contrariwise, to underestimate the power of the Zeitgeist.
Plain it is to us that what the world seeks through desert and wild we have within our threshold,—a stalwart laboring force, suited to the semi-tropics; if, deaf to the voice of the Zeitgeist, we refuse to use and develop these men, we risk poverty and loss.