weltschmerz

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Considering "weltschmerz," which allegedly means world-weariness or hip ennui.

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  • Considering "weltschmerz," which allegedly means world-weariness or hip ennui. —  the imbroglio
  • Nouns that in German would be capitalized are in English lowercase: doppelgänger or doppelganger, schadenfreude, weltschmerz. —  Duke Today Top Stories Feed
  • Personal stories, worker stories, vignettes, success stories, animal stories, inherited stories, customer stories, love stories, weltschmerz stories, business
  • Feel weltschmerz at buying the same ol 'cheese from the same ol' place? —  Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn
  • Roland Emmerich on 2012: 'It's weltschmerz but it's fun' —  The Guardian World News
 

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