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单词 time-spirit
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time-spiritn.

Brit. /ˈtʌɪmˌspɪrɪt/, U.S. /ˈtaɪmˌspɪrᵻt/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: time n., spirit n.
Etymology: < time n. + spirit n., after German Zeitgeist zeitgeist n.
= zeitgeist n.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > character or nature > [noun] > zeitgeist
time-spirit1834
zeitgeist1848
1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. i, in Fraser's Mag. Feb. 179/1 Often have I fancied how, in thy hard life-battle, thou wert shot at and slung at, wounded, handfettered, hamstrung, browbeaten and bedevilled, by the Time-Spirit (Zeitgeist) in thyself and others.
1873 M. Arnold Lit. & Dogma Pref. p. xxii To say that the Church dogmas of his time..on which the Time-Spirit had not then turned his light, were false developments.
1880 T. Hodgkin Italy & her Invaders II. iii. ix. 547 One is disposed to look the present Time-Spirit boldly in the face and ask why it..must be infallible and eternal.
1931 Amer. Mercury Feb. 250/1 The newer universities have made many concessions to the time spirit, and are thus lacking in dignity and authority.
1995 Narrative 3 212 Historicist narratives..regard historical events or the time-spirit as influencing the production of the works.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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