GRE vocabulary
Weltschmerz
A feeling of weariness or sadness about the state of the world; often a romanticized sense of melancholy
Example
"His poetry was filled with a profound sense of Weltschmerz, lamenting the injustices of society."
Etymology
From German 'Welt' (world) + 'Schmerz' (pain).
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