Zeitgeist

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Zeitgeist \Zeit"geist`\, n. [G.; zeit time + geist spirit. See
     {Tide}, n.; {Ghost}, n.]
     The spirit of the time; the general intellectual and moral
     state or temper characteristic of any period of time.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Zeitgeist
       n : the spirit of the time; the spirit characteristic of an age
           or generation