What does the word zeitgeist mean?

Question

i keep hearing it on R&S

what is it? is it a movie? whats it about?

Answer 1

Zeitgeist refers to a cultural mindset or world view.

There is a popular movie called "Zeitgeist."

Answer 2

Zeitgeist is German for "the spirit of the age".

It's also the name of a documentary released via Google Video, that discusses the Jesus myth hypothesis, the 9/11 conspiracy, and the Federal Reserve.

It's rather poorly researched on the first topic, and just goes along with conspiracy theories for the other two bits.

Answer 3

Zeit·geist [zt gst, tst gst]

or zeit·geist [zt gst, tst gst]

n

ideas and spirit of time: the ideas prevalent in a period and place, particularly as expressed in literature, philosophy, and religion  

[Mid-19th century. < German , "spirit of the time"]

Encarta ® World English Dictionary © & (P) 1998-2005 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

its from the dictionary

Answer 4

the definintion of zeitgeist is the general culture, education, and morals of a given era. but in the year 2000, there was a synthetical pop group touring middle east in front of global crime and commerce with the name of zeitgeist. there was also a fictional mutant character and superhero in the marvel comics universe, a member of the second team of x-force. there is also a film called the zeitgeist but i have never seen it. maybe this has helped?

Answer 5

It means `The spirit of the age`

It is also the title of an interesting movie by Peter Joseph.

It is about `The spirit of the age`

Answer 6

noun German.

the spirit of the time; general trend of thought or feeling characteristic of a particular period of time.

Kind of a flavor-of-the-month thing when dealing with "gods" and religiousness.