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View synonyms for Weltschmerz
Weltschmerz
or welt·schmerz
[ velt-shmerts ]
noun
, German.
- sorrow that one feels and accepts as one's necessary portion in life; sentimental pessimism.
Weltschmerz
/ ˈvɛltʃmɛrts /
noun
- sadness or melancholy at the evils of the world; world-weariness
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Weltschmerz1
First recorded in 1860–65; literally, “world-pain,” from Welt world ( def ) + Schmerz “pain”; smart ( def ) (in the sense “pain”)
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Weltschmerz1
literally: world pain
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Example Sentences
Have the Zeitgeist and the Weltschmerz and the other things compared to which ‘le spleen’ was gay, done so much for us?
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The work which is presented in the following pages is intended to be a modest contribution to the natural history of Weltschmerz.
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This is entirely compatible with the definition of Weltschmerz which has been attempted above.
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The second bearing which his relations to Louise have upon his Weltschmerz lies in the fact that his love ended in disappointment.
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Hence the difference between the pessimism of Ibsen and the romantic Weltschmerz of these uncritical minds.
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