zeitgeist
/ˈzaɪtgaɪst/noun
in sing.
- the defining spirit or mood of a particular period of history as shown by the ideas and beliefs of the time时代精神, 时代思潮：
the story captured the zeitgeist of the late 1960s.
这篇小说抓住了20世纪60年代晚期的时代精神。
词源
mid 19th cent.: from German Zeitgeist, from Zeit 'time' + Geist 'spirit'.