Zeitgeist
I never realised what a cool word this is! I think of it as meaning ’collective consciousness’. This definition from wikipedia:
(from German Zeit- time and Geist- spirit) is “the spirit of the times” and/or “the spirit of the age.”
Zeitgeist is the general cultural, intellectual, ethical, spiritual, and/or political climate within a nation or even specific groups, along with the general ambience, morals, and sociocultural direction or mood of an era (similar to the English word mainstream or trend).
