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Weltschmerz
Weltschmerz meaning
An apathetic or pessimistic view of life; depression concerning or discomfort with the human condition or state of the world; mal du siècle, world-weariness.
Synonyms of Weltschmerz
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These explored contemporary pop, traditional folk and Celtic themes (“When we Scottish people hear the bagpipes, the hackles rise on the back of our necks…”), culminating in 2020’s Weltschmerz, German for “world-weariness”.
The medieval condition of acedia (acedie in English) and the Romantic Weltschmerz were similar concepts, most likely to affect the intellectual.