Zeitgeist
/ˈzaɪtɡaɪst/noun
The general beliefs, ideas, and spirit of a time and place.
The film captured the zeitgeist of the early 2000s.
Often appears as...
- capture the zeitgeist
- reflect the zeitgeist
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noun
The general beliefs, ideas, and spirit of a time and place.
The film captured the zeitgeist of the early 2000s.
Often appears as...
- capture the zeitgeist
- reflect the zeitgeist
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
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Pro Tip 1/3Context Matters
Understanding the era or trends of the specified time helps grasp 'zeitgeist' accurately.
The 1960s hippie movement was a zeitgeist that emphasized peace and love.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Nuance
'Zeitgeist' often includes nuanced references to cultural or societal undercurrents of the time.
The punk rock movement reflected the rebellious zeitgeist of the late 1970s.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Person-Specific
‘Zeitgeist’ is about the collective mood or trends, not individual beliefs or feelings.
Social media has greatly influenced the zeitgeist of the 21st century.
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How to make discoveries...
got an innate sense of the popular zeitgeist he designed the beep he set the key and by no accident I got a feeling came from his innate understanding of what was going on in the genome predicting the next step for a vacation it's simple we got the best deals but is this the right time to buy our price is going to change is there a
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Johanna Blakely: Lessons...
from the history of fashion and incorporate it into their own design. They're also notorious for riffing off of the zeitgeist. And here, I suspect, they were influenced by the costumes in Avatar. Maybe just a little. Can't copyright a costume either. Now, fashion designers have
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Lessons from fashion's...
designers can sample from all their peers designs they can take any element from any garment from the history of fashion and incorporate it into their own design they're also notorious for you know riffing off of the zeitgeist and here I suspect they were influenced
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How we can turn the tide...
This is the key to this. It's this connection between the powerful, who usually own the conversation, and millions of people around the world. Because of the zeitgeist shift that's happened in the last year or two, suddenly, ignition can happen here,
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How to build a thriving...
There are musicians all around you, making powerful, important music, and thanks to the internet and its limitless possibilities for creators to create music and fans to discover that music, those zeitgeist songs don't have to be handed down to us
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Bono: Action for Africa
And you, at this conference, are in a unique position. Some of the technologies we've been talking about, you invented them, or at least revolutionized the way that they're used. Together you have changed the zeitgeist from analog to digital,
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Jacqueline Novogratz:...
Understand, however complex we may be, incentives matter. So when Chris raised to me how wonderful everything that was happening in the world, that we were seeing a shift in zeitgeist, on the one hand I absolutely agree with him,
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How I made friends with...
It turned out I was great at actual reality. I didn't just come to terms with it, I fell in love. And I should've known, given my equally shaky relationship with the zeitgeist
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A flavorful field guide...
who's an amalgam of every annoying thing they've ever heard a vegan say. And at that point, they're checked out. Now if you've managed to somehow avoid the zeitgeist
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Exorcise the Demons PIPE...
is on a mission to drive him out I believe demonic activity today is more prevalent than ever it's just the zeitgeist the time in which we live and
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How to make discoveries...
got an innate sense of the popular zeitgeist he designed the beep he set the key and by no accident I got a feeling came from his innate understanding of what was going on in the genome predicting the next step for a vacation it's simple we got the best deals but is this the right time to buy our price is going to change is there a
Video examples
Johanna Blakely: Lessons...
from the history of fashion and incorporate it into their own design. They're also notorious for riffing off of the zeitgeist. And here, I suspect, they were influenced by the costumes in Avatar. Maybe just a little. Can't copyright a costume either. Now, fashion designers have
Video examples
Lessons from fashion's...
designers can sample from all their peers designs they can take any element from any garment from the history of fashion and incorporate it into their own design they're also notorious for you know riffing off of the zeitgeist and here I suspect they were influenced
Video examples
How we can turn the tide...
This is the key to this. It's this connection between the powerful, who usually own the conversation, and millions of people around the world. Because of the zeitgeist shift that's happened in the last year or two, suddenly, ignition can happen here,
Video examples
How to build a thriving...
There are musicians all around you, making powerful, important music, and thanks to the internet and its limitless possibilities for creators to create music and fans to discover that music, those zeitgeist songs don't have to be handed down to us
Video examples
Bono: Action for Africa
And you, at this conference, are in a unique position. Some of the technologies we've been talking about, you invented them, or at least revolutionized the way that they're used. Together you have changed the zeitgeist from analog to digital,
Video examples
Jacqueline Novogratz:...
Understand, however complex we may be, incentives matter. So when Chris raised to me how wonderful everything that was happening in the world, that we were seeing a shift in zeitgeist, on the one hand I absolutely agree with him,
Video examples
How I made friends with...
It turned out I was great at actual reality. I didn't just come to terms with it, I fell in love. And I should've known, given my equally shaky relationship with the zeitgeist
Video examples
A flavorful field guide...
who's an amalgam of every annoying thing they've ever heard a vegan say. And at that point, they're checked out. Now if you've managed to somehow avoid the zeitgeist
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Exorcise the Demons PIPE...
is on a mission to drive him out I believe demonic activity today is more prevalent than ever it's just the zeitgeist the time in which we live and
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Max Joseph
American Director
Catfish' is a great project that we have a blast doing, and it's really fun and at the zeitgeist in the world - certainly in the U.S., hopefully in the U.K. and I imagine the rest of the world. Being at the centre of this discussion and this subject has been really incredible as both a filmmaker and someone who likes to participate in pop culture.
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T. J. Miller
American Actor
Mucinex were like, 'Would you like to be the Mucinex man? You sound like you're sick right now'. In each spot, they give me a little bit of room to do something strange. And in a world of fractured mediums, where there is no zeitgeist, and you get your comedy from your phone, it's all content.
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Will Poulter
English Actor
I think we have a responsibility to shape the zeitgeist with the movies we put out there. Because 'After Earth' isn't going to do it. 'The Expendables 3' isn't going to do it. You could make one million amazing films for the amount of money they spend on those films. I get frustrated.
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Iman
Somali Model
There are some people who have helped to advance me and other girls, but the fashion industry is always behind popular culture. They think they understand the zeitgeist. They don't know anything about the zeitgeist.
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Rene Ricard
American Poet
I had to make my history quick because there would be no future, merely a gossamer world blown about on the zeitgeist, till zeitgeist, the wind of the times, is blasted away by kamikaze, the wind of God.
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Meryl Streep
American Actress
Everything we say signifies; everything counts, that we put out into the world. It impacts on kids, it impacts on the zeitgeist of the time.
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Annie Lennox
Scottish Musician
Women's issues have always been a part of my life. My goal is to bring the word 'feminism' back into the zeitgeist and reframe it.
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Yochai Benkler
Israeli Educator
Anonymous is not an organization. It is an idea, a zeitgeist, coupled with a set of social and technical practices.
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Pamela Druckerman
American Writer
Podcasts immersed me in colloquial English and put me back in the American zeitgeist.
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Ross Butler
American Actor
I'm trying to bring social games into the zeitgeist.
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Max Joseph
American Director
Catfish' is a great project that we have a blast doing, and it's really fun and at the zeitgeist in the world - certainly in the U.S., hopefully in the U.K. and I imagine the rest of the world. Being at the centre of this discussion and this subject has been really incredible as both a filmmaker and someone who likes to participate in pop culture.
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T. J. Miller
American Actor
Mucinex were like, 'Would you like to be the Mucinex man? You sound like you're sick right now'. In each spot, they give me a little bit of room to do something strange. And in a world of fractured mediums, where there is no zeitgeist, and you get your comedy from your phone, it's all content.
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Will Poulter
English Actor
I think we have a responsibility to shape the zeitgeist with the movies we put out there. Because 'After Earth' isn't going to do it. 'The Expendables 3' isn't going to do it. You could make one million amazing films for the amount of money they spend on those films. I get frustrated.
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Iman
Somali Model
There are some people who have helped to advance me and other girls, but the fashion industry is always behind popular culture. They think they understand the zeitgeist. They don't know anything about the zeitgeist.
Quote examples
Rene Ricard
American Poet
I had to make my history quick because there would be no future, merely a gossamer world blown about on the zeitgeist, till zeitgeist, the wind of the times, is blasted away by kamikaze, the wind of God.
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Meryl Streep
American Actress
Everything we say signifies; everything counts, that we put out into the world. It impacts on kids, it impacts on the zeitgeist of the time.
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Annie Lennox
Scottish Musician
Women's issues have always been a part of my life. My goal is to bring the word 'feminism' back into the zeitgeist and reframe it.
Quote examples
Yochai Benkler
Israeli Educator
Anonymous is not an organization. It is an idea, a zeitgeist, coupled with a set of social and technical practices.
Quote examples
Pamela Druckerman
American Writer
Podcasts immersed me in colloquial English and put me back in the American zeitgeist.
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Ross Butler
American Actor
I'm trying to bring social games into the zeitgeist.
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