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zeitgeistification

zeitgeistification noun: the process by which someone or something becomes part of the zeitgeist (the spirit of the age).

Noun

zeitgeistification (uncountable)

  1. (informal, rare) The process by which someone or something becomes part of the zeitgeist (the spirit of the age).
    • Please, dear reader, read these words in the spirit of a hatred for the late zeitgeistification which favors chaperoning of thought and creation over a free run of the mind. If they should offend, or provoke derision, amen.1989, P-Form: Performance Art Magazine, Chicago, I.L.: Randolph Street Gallery, page 5
    • In the first instance, Harrison's zeitgeistification was forced on him by Warner Bros., poor guy. Thank gawd, sez I.2012 October 25, Kevin John Bozelka, “George Harrison/Ringo Starr discographies, ugh, heard.”, in bozelkablog.blogspot.com, archived from the original on 24 Dec 2023

Origin of zeitgeistification

From zeitgeist + -ification.

Questions about zeitgeistification

What does zeitgeistification mean?
Zeitgeistification means the process by which someone or something becomes part of the zeitgeist (the spirit of the age).
What part of speech is zeitgeistification?
Zeitgeistification is a noun.

Words near zeitgeistification in the dictionary

  1. zeitgeist
  2. zeitgeisten
  3. zeitgeister
  4. zeitgeistier
  5. zeitgeistiest
  6. zeitgeistification
  7. zeitgeistily
  8. zeitgeists
  9. zeitgeisty
  10. Zeitler
  11. Zeitlers

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