zeitgeist
NounUS[tsahyt-gahyst]/ˈtsaɪtˌɡaɪst/2 syllables
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Zeit′geist′ noun
Origin: G.; zeit time + geist spirit. See Tide, noun; Ghost, noun
The spirit of the time; the general intellectual and moral state or temper characteristic of any period of time.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: 1913 supplement