Meaning

1 senses
  1. (capitalized, sometimes)The spirit, outlook, point of view, or social and cultural values characteristic of an era of human history.

Origin

Unadapted borrowing from Latin spīritus mundī (literally “spirit of the world”).

Unadapted borrowing from Latin spīritus mundī (literally “spirit of the world”).

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