"Weltschmerz" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈvɛltˌʃmɛːts/ [Received-Pronunciation], /-ˌʃmɜːts/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈvɛltˌʃmɝts/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-weltschmerz.wav
Etymology: Borrowed from German Weltschmerz, from Welt (“world”) + Schmerz (“physical ache, pain; emotional pain, heartache, sorrow”). The German word was coined by the author Jean Paul (1763–1825) in his novel Selina (posthumously published in 1827). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*weyh₁-|*h₂el-|*-tis|*(s)merd-}}, {{bor|en|de|Weltschmerz}} German Weltschmerz Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} Weltschmerz (uncountable)
  1. 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. Wikipedia link: Jean Paul Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Emotions Synonyms: acedia, ennui, weltschmerz Related terms: weight of the world Translations (apathetic or pessimistic view of life; depression concerning or discomfort ith the human condition or state of the world — see also world-weariness): համաշխարհային վիշտ (hamašxarhayin višt) (Armenian), сусветны смутак (susvjetny smutak) (Belarusian), мирова скръб (mirova skrǎb) (Bulgarian), 厭世 (Chinese Mandarin), 厌世 (yànshì) (Chinese Mandarin), světabol [masculine] (Czech), weltschmerz [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), mondopereo (Esperanto), maailmantuska (Finnish), Weltschmerz [masculine] (German), צַעַר הָעוֹלָם (tsaár haolám) [masculine] (Hebrew), világfájdalom (Hungarian), heimshryggð [neuter] (Icelandic), велтшмерц (veltšmerc) (Macedonian), Weltschmerz [masculine] (Polish), weltszmerc [masculine] (Polish), мирова́я скорбь (mirovája skorbʹ) [feminine] (Russian), weltschmerz [masculine] (Spanish), світова скорбота (svitova skorbota) (Ukrainian), світовий біль (svitovyj bilʹ) (Ukrainian)

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          "ref": "1947 April 28, “Art: Berlin’s Best”, in Henry R[obinson] Luce, editor, Time, New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2011-02-03:",
          "text": "[Henry] Koerner's painting did have the heaviness, the harsh humor and the all-pervading weltschmerz which characterized German expressionism in the 1920s.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1973, Thomas Pynchon, “Part 3: In the Zone”, in Gravity’s Rainbow, New York, N.Y.: Viking Press, →ISBN, page 348:",
          "text": "A man-to-man touch then on his buttoned epaulet. A middle-aged smile full of Weltschmerz.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2001 December, Susan Reifer, “Skiing is Good: Carry the Solitude and Peace of the Mountains with You”, in Rick Kahl, editor, Skiing, volume 54, number 4, Boulder, Colo.: Time4 Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 64, columns 2–3:",
          "text": "The country was fat with peacetime prosperity, but lots of people were afflicted with a postwar funk called weltschmerz. They were depressed by what they'd seen of the \"civilized\" world. Soon whole bunches of people in their 20s and 30s moved to ski towns, checking out of the mainstream altogether. Their goal was no more lofty than having the freedom to spend day after endless day in a peaceful bubble, close to nature and on snow-covered slopes. Here was the weltschmerz antidote—and the birth of the parallel universe.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2002 October, Maya Singer, “Rilo Kiley: The Execution of All Things: Saddle Creek”, in CMJ New Music Monthly, number 106, New York, N.Y.: The CMJ Network, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 46:",
          "text": "Execution, the band's second record, burns with intense weltschmerz, its existential crises cloaked in buoyant instrumental hooks and shimmery arrangements.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "apathetic",
          "apathetic"
        ],
        [
          "pessimistic",
          "pessimistic"
        ],
        [
          "view",
          "view#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "life",
          "life#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "depression",
          "depression"
        ],
        [
          "discomfort",
          "discomfort"
        ],
        [
          "human condition",
          "human condition"
        ],
        [
          "state",
          "state#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "world",
          "world"
        ],
        [
          "mal du siècle",
          "mal du siècle"
        ],
        [
          "world-weariness",
          "world-weariness"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "acedia"
        },
        {
          "word": "ennui"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Jean Paul"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvɛltˌʃmɛːts/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/-ˌʃmɜːts/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvɛltˌʃmɝts/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "weltschmerz"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "hamašxarhayin višt",
      "sense": "apathetic or pessimistic view of life; depression concerning or discomfort ith the human condition or state of the world — see also world-weariness",
      "word": "համաշխարհային վիշտ"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "susvjetny smutak",
      "sense": "apathetic or pessimistic view of life; depression concerning or discomfort ith the human condition or state of the world — see also world-weariness",
      "word": "сусветны смутак"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mirova skrǎb",
      "sense": "apathetic or pessimistic view of life; depression concerning or discomfort ith the human condition or state of the world — see also world-weariness",
      "word": "мирова скръб"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "apathetic or pessimistic view of life; depression concerning or discomfort ith the human condition or state of the world — see also world-weariness",
      "word": "厭世"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yànshì",
      "sense": "apathetic or pessimistic view of life; depression concerning or discomfort ith the human condition or state of the world — see also world-weariness",
      "word": "厌世"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "apathetic or pessimistic view of life; depression concerning or discomfort ith the human condition or state of the world — see also world-weariness",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "světabol"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "apathetic or pessimistic view of life; depression concerning or discomfort ith the human condition or state of the world — see also world-weariness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "weltschmerz"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "apathetic or pessimistic view of life; depression concerning or discomfort ith the human condition or state of the world — see also world-weariness",
      "word": "mondopereo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "apathetic or pessimistic view of life; depression concerning or discomfort ith the human condition or state of the world — see also world-weariness",
      "word": "maailmantuska"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "apathetic or pessimistic view of life; depression concerning or discomfort ith the human condition or state of the world — see also world-weariness",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Weltschmerz"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "tsaár haolám",
      "sense": "apathetic or pessimistic view of life; depression concerning or discomfort ith the human condition or state of the world — see also world-weariness",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "צַעַר הָעוֹלָם"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "apathetic or pessimistic view of life; depression concerning or discomfort ith the human condition or state of the world — see also world-weariness",
      "word": "világfájdalom"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "apathetic or pessimistic view of life; depression concerning or discomfort ith the human condition or state of the world — see also world-weariness",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "heimshryggð"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "veltšmerc",
      "sense": "apathetic or pessimistic view of life; depression concerning or discomfort ith the human condition or state of the world — see also world-weariness",
      "word": "велтшмерц"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "apathetic or pessimistic view of life; depression concerning or discomfort ith the human condition or state of the world — see also world-weariness",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Weltschmerz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "apathetic or pessimistic view of life; depression concerning or discomfort ith the human condition or state of the world — see also world-weariness",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "weltszmerc"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mirovája skorbʹ",
      "sense": "apathetic or pessimistic view of life; depression concerning or discomfort ith the human condition or state of the world — see also world-weariness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "мирова́я скорбь"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "apathetic or pessimistic view of life; depression concerning or discomfort ith the human condition or state of the world — see also world-weariness",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "weltschmerz"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "svitova skorbota",
      "sense": "apathetic or pessimistic view of life; depression concerning or discomfort ith the human condition or state of the world — see also world-weariness",
      "word": "світова скорбота"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "svitovyj bilʹ",
      "sense": "apathetic or pessimistic view of life; depression concerning or discomfort ith the human condition or state of the world — see also world-weariness",
      "word": "світовий біль"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Weltschmerz"
}

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