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zeitgeist


zeitgeist
Pronunciation: ⁄ˈzʌɪtgʌɪst
noun
[in singular]
·              the defining spirit or mood of a particular period of history as shown by the ideas and beliefs of the time:
the story captured the zeitgeist of the late 1960s

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