N-SING
（尤指文学、哲学和政治中表现出的）时代精神，时代思潮
The zeitgeist of a particular place during a particular period in history is the attitudes and ideas that are generally common there at that time, especially the attitudes and ideas shown in literature, philosophy, and politics.
例句
He has caught the zeitgeist of rural life in the 1980s very well indeed.
事实上，他非常准确地描绘出了20世纪80年代乡村生活的真实风貌。