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Definition of Fin de siecle
1. Adjective. Relating to or characteristic of the end of a century (especially the end of the 19th century). "Fin de siecle art"
Definition of Fin de siecle
1. Adjective. Pertaining to the close of the 19th century, usually ascribed to the literary and artistic climate of modernism, world-weariness, and self-indulgence. ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Fin De Siecle
Literary usage of Fin de siecle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Degeneration by Max Simon Nordau (1895)
"Fin-de-siecle is French, for it was in France that the mental state so entitled was
... The fin-de-siecle state of mind is to-day everywhere to be met with; ..."
2. The Story of French Paintingby Charles Henry Caffin by Charles Henry Caffin (1911)
"CHAPTER XVIII LA fin de siecle EVEN before the last quarter of the century had
set in the world was conscious of a mood of spirit which it eventually ..."
3. Woman--through a Man's Eyeglass by Malcolm Charles Salaman (1892)
"A " FIN-DE-SIECLE" WOMAN 1 HE habit of credulity is one of my peculiarities; some
people indeed regard it as a fatal weakness, especially when it leads me ..."
4. Poems by Michael Strange (1919)
"fin de siecle 'OUR high laugh casually proclaiming the departure Of a king from
kings. . . . Your thin lips stencilled by the wings Of furious spiritual ..."
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