Skip to main content
Urban Dictionary Merch
Your favorite words on things you can wear, drink from, read, or give to a friend.
The Urban Dictionary Store sells gifts you’ll have to explain.

zeitgeistically

zeitgeistically speaking, the word idiot had a radically different meaning in the Greece of Alexander The Great than what it does today, and had nothing to do with mentally ill or stupid people.
Related Words

zeitgeistically

zeitgeistically speaking, the word `idiot` had a radically different meaning in the Greece of Alexander The Great than what it does today.
zeitgeistically by Uncle Dimma September 24, 2014

zeitgeistically

(adv/adj):

a) in zeitgeist

b)in its proper socio-cultural/historical context
zeitgeistically speaking, the word "idiot" had a radically different meaning in the Greece of Alexander The Great, to what it does today.
zeitgeistically by Uncle Dimma December 19, 2014

zeitgeistically

(Adj/adv): in its proper sociocultural/historical context
Zeitgeistically speaking, the word "idiot" had a radically different meaning from the one it has today.
zeitgeistically by Uncle Dimma March 12, 2015
More from Urban Dictionary
NYC people who migrate north to Quahog, RI to see the leaves in the fall.
New York and everyone from there can fornicate themselves with an iron stick.
leafers by ss++ February 8, 2005
Word of the Day on September 27, 2026

Respectfully 

Precedes or follows either a gratuitously disrespectful or honest remark, originated in New York City. Used in similar fashion to "no offense" or "to be honest," interchangeably.
Ya mans is wild buns, respectfully. Respectfully he's washed.

After school, The Modells on Jamaica Ave was active. Respectfully.
Respectfully by john quan the first December 20, 2020
Word of the Day on September 26, 2026
Next