Wertherism

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noun

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.

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Meanings

nounWertherism (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe 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.

Origin

From Werther + -ism.

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Wertherism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wertherism

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“Wertherism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wertherism. Accessed November 4, 2026.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Wertherism,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wertherism.

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