I started to explain why it was acceptable for anyone to use the button - unlike parking in a handicapped zone, it’s not unlawful to use the entrance button - but then I second-guessed myself. My 7-year-old daughter said she thought it was inappropriate for me to use the button, because I am not disabled. I did this to avoid touching the door handle. In German, such a spirit is known as Zeitgeist, from the German words Zeit, meaning "time," and Geist, meaning "spirit" or "ghost."ĭear Miss Manners: On a trip to our local library, I used my elbow to activate the entrance door by pressing the handicap button on the side. Scholars have long maintained that each era has a unique spirit, a nature or climate that sets it apart from all other epochs.
: the general intellectual, moral, and cultural climate of an era His songs perfectly captured the zeitgeist of 1960s America. : the general beliefs, ideas, and spirit of a time and place.
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