zeitgeisty

comparative zeitgeistier · superlative zeitgeistiest

1. informalConforming to the zeitgeist.

   Behind this zeitgeisty observation, however, lies the more convincing […]

   2001, Dr. Peter Knight, Conspiracy Culture: From Kennedy to 'The X-Files, Routledge, →ISBN, page 183

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   This is the major problem of the new project that I am working on — it is so zeitgeisty that each day that passes that it is not yet fully written makes it feel more and more dated.

   2008, 2009 Novel & Short Story Writer's Market (Language and Arts), F+W Media, →ISBN

   "Sonic Youth are always zeitgeisty,” says Cafritz, “so it sounded really appealing at that moment.

   2010, David Browne, Goodbye 20th Century, ReadHowYouWant, →ISBN, page 348

   Social trendspotters nodded as that zeitgeistiest of journalists, The New Yorker's Malcolm Gladwell, called for […]

   2010, Gideon Haigh, The Office: A Hardworking History, The Miegunyah Press, →ISBN, page viii

   […] near future corporate wars and 'the realist underground' and was eclipsed by the zeitgeistier The Matrix (1999).

   2011, Kim Newman, Nightmare Movies: Horror on Screen Since the 1960s, Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 173

   Whether these apps are tracking a zeitgeisty generational shift, or simply tapping into the self-evident truth that people like to share with friends on the internet, is another question.

   2022 August 21, Laurie Clarke, “‘It’s a modern-day Facebook’ – how BeReal became Gen Z’s favourite app”, in The Guardian

   Synonyms: contemporary, trendy, modern, period, up to date