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Weltschmerz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Weltschmerz (from the German, meaning world-pain or world-weariness ) is a term coined by the German author Jean Paul and denotes the kind of feeling experienced by someone who understands that p...
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Weltschmerz (comic strip) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Weltschmerz is a weekly comic strip in Canada, written and drawn by cartoonist Gareth Lind. The strip, which is published in alternative newsweeklies such as Eye Weekly , offers political and soc...
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Definition of weltschmerz from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary with audio pronunciations, thesaurus, Word of the Day, and word games. ... Learn more about "Weltschmerz" and related topics at Britannica.com...
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Britannica online encyclopedia article on Weltschmerz (Romantic literary concept), the prevailing mood of melancholy and pessimism associated with the poets of the Romantic era that arose from their refusal or inability to adjust to those realities of the world that they saw as destructive of their right to subjectivity and ...
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This week's theme: words borrowed from German. ... weltschmerz (VELT-shmerts) noun ... "I hate being told to have a good time! I'll feel the weltschmerz if I want to." Mari Sasano; Things to Do Today; Edmonton Journal (Canada); Dec 3, 2005.
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Series: In the director's chair ... Previous | Index ... The German director of Independence Day and The Day After Tomorrow tells Jason Solomons how his new end-of-days tale 2012 grew out of the zeitgeist and why it's the small scenes in his blockbusters that interest him...
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Weltschmerz n. Sadness over the evils of the world, especially as an expression of romantic pessimism ... Wordsmith Words: weltschmerz ... Weltschmerz (from the German, meaning world-pain or world-weariness) is a term coined by the German author Jean Paul and denotes the kind of feeling experienced by someone who understands...
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