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Weltschmerz

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Weltschmerz /ˈvɛltˌʃmɛːts/

▶noun a feeling of melancholy and world-weariness.

– origin Ger., from Welt ‘world’ + Schmerz ‘pain’.

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