zeitgeistification en · NOUN
Etymology
From zeitgeist + -ification.
Meanings
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(informal, rare, uncountable) The process by which someone or something becomes part of the zeitgeist (the spirit of the age).
In the first instance, Harrison's zeitgeistification was forced on him by Warner Bros., poor guy. Thank gawd, sez I.
2012 October 25, Kevin John Bozelka, “George Harrison/Ringo Starr discographies, ugh, heard.”, in bozelkablog.blogspot.com, archived from the original on 24 Dec 2023:A new Halloween costume from Target inspired by a popular reusable cup perpetuates the zeitgeistification of a holiday that once belonged almost entirely to children.
2024 August 30, Gina Cherelus, “A Stanley Tumbler You Can Wear?”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Sep 2024:that's true. However I kind of feel that Bens strong feelings about calzones led him to at least consider writing an opinion piece for the Pawnee Journal calling for the "Zeitgeistification of calzones." So in my crazy mind, calzones are obviously mentioned by extension. Of course Leslie would have pulled strings to not have it printed though, she couldn't afford the scandal.
2024 January 2, u/k, “What's the most "in-character" line for every character? #10: Ben”, in Reddit, r/PandR, archived from the original on 03 Oct 2024:Please, dear reader, read these words in the spirit of a hatred for the late zeitgeistification which favors chaperoning of thought and creation over a free run of the mind. If they should offend, or provoke derision, amen.
1989, P-Form: Performance Art Magazine, Chicago, I.L.: Randolph Street Gallery, page 5:In that way, the entire No Way Home experience – the anticipation, the consumption, the postviewing zeitgeist-ification – is an ingenious, insidious effort at harmonizing and maximizing intellectual property that's spread across several studios and filmmakers and celebrities and eras.
2012 December 14, Barry Hertz, “Spider-Man: No Way Home is dastardly corporate synergy-in-motion, but also ridiculously fun”, in The Globe and Mail, Toronto, ON: The Woodbridge Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Dec 2021: