mal du siècle
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French mal du siècle (“disease of the century”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mal du siècle (uncountable)
- Apathy and world-weariness, involving pessimism towards the current state of the world, often along with nostalgia for the past; Weltschmerz.
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Coined by Alfred de Musset in 1836 in La Confession d'un enfant du siècle.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mal du siècle m (usually uncountable, plural maux du siècle)
- mal du siècle: apathy and world-weariness, involving pessimism towards the current state of the world, often along with nostalgia for the past; Weltschmerz
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