"Wertherism" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From Werther + -ism. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Werther|ism}} Werther + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} Wertherism (uncountable)
  1. The kind of sentimentality depicted in The Sorrows of Young Werther (German: Die Leiden des jungen Werthers), an epistolary and loosely autobiographical novel by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, first published in 1774, with a theme of heartbreak leading to suicide. Tags: uncountable
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