Sturm und Drang
A proto-Romantic movement in German literature and music which occurred from the late…A proto-Romantic movement in German literature and music which occurred from the late 1760s to the early 1780s, emphasizing individual subjectivity and the free expression of emotions.
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable)A proto-Romantic movement in German literature and music which occurred from the late 1760s to the early 1780s, emphasizing individual subjectivity and the free expression of emotions.
(figuratively, uncountable)Turmoil; a period of emotional intensity and anxiety.
- a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally)
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
Borrowed from German Sturm und Drang with the same figurative meaning, from Sturm (“storm”Borrowed from German Sturm und Drang with the same figurative meaning, from Sturm (“storm”) + und (“and”) + Drang (“pressure, stress; urge, impulse, longing”). The phrase is the title of the play Sturm und Drang (1776) by German dramatist Friedrich Maximilian von Klinger (1752–1831).
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Synonyms
2 synonyms- a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally):turbulenceupheaval
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable