Meaning of fin de siècle | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Pertaining to the close of the 19th century, usually suggesting a literary and artistic climate of modernism, world-weariness, and self-indulgence.
   not-comparable
2. Pertaining to the close of the 20th (or any other) century.
   broadly, not-comparable

Examples

“The fin-de-siècle phenomenon has, of course, received considerable attention from historians in the recent past—a testament to its appeal. […] They also tend⟳ to concentrate on individual as well as social alienation as particularly characteristic of the fin-de-siècle feeling.”

“And, Dag, have⟳ you ever noticed that your bungalow looks more like⟳ it belongs to a pair of Eisenhower era Allentown, Pennsylvania newlyweds than it does to a fin de siècle existentialist poseur?”

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