Geist

Definitions

1. A surname from German.
2. A ghost, an apparition.
3. Spirit (of a group, age, era, etc).

Examples

“The geists eat⟳ and drink⟳, but only as geists — not as spirits. ' We have⟳ dined,' they say⟳ ' sumptuously.' A vapour- ... If dead men tell⟳ no tales, their geists will tell⟳ them, if they find⟳ opportunity.”

“Koerg was not slow to recognize a geist; his knees shook, and he dared not utter a word.”

“[...] it makes no difference whether these figures were real, corporeal beings or not, since each one, in terms of Freud's (auto) aesthetic, is a spirit, a geist, a complex function of Freud's worldview.”

“The population that today explodes on a stagnant society with a catastrophic echo, is the geist of the times that shock⟳ our great nation into a new sense⟳ of her grandeur.”

“However, the geist of the times following the World War was the "normalcy" of Warren G. Harding.”

“[...] a term badly applied, as the method is neither a historicism (the belief that each era or period has a geist, principle of identity, or a definable sense⟳ of destiny) nor new.”

“... particular 'culture areas' of the world are dominated by their own⟳ peculiar geist or 'cultural soul' ...”

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