[ˈzʌɪtɡʌɪst], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the defining spirit or mood of a particular period of history as shown by the ideas and beliefs of the time
(e.g: the story captured the zeitgeist of the late 1960s)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 19th century: from German Zeitgeist, from Zeit ‘time’ + Geist ‘spirit’