Wertherism

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Werther +‎ -ism

Noun[edit]

Wertherism (uncountable)

  1. The kind of sentimentality depicted in The Sorrows of Young Werther (German: Die Leiden des jungen Werthers), an epistolary and loosely autobiographical novel by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, first published in 1774, with a theme of heartbreak leading to suicide.
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