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Definition of Weltschmerz noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Weltschmerz

noun

/ˈveltʃmeəts/

/ˈveltʃmerts/

[uncountable] (from German, formal)

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a feeling of being sad about the state of the world
Word OriginGerman, from Welt ‘world’ + Schmerz ‘pain’.

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