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Jul 10, 2009
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with Anu GargSturm und Drang
PRONUNCIATION:
(SHTOORM oont DRANG)
MEANING:
noun: Turmoil; upheaval.
ETYMOLOGY:
From German Sturm und Drang (translated as: storm and stress, literally:
storm and urge/yearning), title of the 1776 play about the American
Revolution, by dramatist Friedrich Maximilian von Klinger (1752-1831).
It was also the name of an 18th century German literary movement
characterized by greater expression of emotional unrest.The name of the Durmstrang Institute, one of the wizarding schools in the Harry Potter series, is a spoonerism of Sturm und Drang. USAGE:
"After the sturm und drang of Revolutionary Road, director Sam Mendes
opted for a looser, lighter story."Colin Covert; Pregnant Pause With 'Away We Go'; Star Tribune (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Jun 12, 2009. See more usage examples of Sturm und Drang in Vocabulary.com's dictionary. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
In my youth I thought of writing a satire on mankind; but now in my age I think I should write an apology for them. -Horace Walpole, novelist and essayist (1717-1797)
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