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What is weltschmerz?

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Noun
  1. (capitalized) World-weariness; an apathetic or pessimistic view of life; depression concerning or discomfort with the human condition or state of the world.
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It was no longer the Weltschmerz, but a Privatschmerz,32 that afflicted me.
It has no social or political significance whatsoever, and is certainly not a moment of Weltschmerz or angst.
But if so, it's curious that the phrase, so full of youthful weltschmerz, stayed with Wallace.
In his vicinity there was no room for pessimistic philosophies, for Weltschmerz or Karma.
Jumping in and out of Kathryn Rohe's costumes of many eras, the ensemble collectively combines high energy with bleak weltschmerz.
Solomon Gabirol may be said to have been the first poet thrilled by Weltschmerz.

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