What is/are Antonyms for Weltschmerz? in German of course,
I looked up http://www.thesaurus.com/browse/weltschmerz but there were no German words amongst it's antonyms.
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2Mit sich und der Welt zufrieden sein. – Robert Nov 29 '17 at 23:10
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2Well, feeling of anxiety isn't the meaning either. Weltschmerz isn't anxiety, but deep desperation about being as such. So, the best antonym I can think of is tranquility, when your soul is at rest. In German Seelenruhe. – Janka Nov 29 '17 at 23:21
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2Seelenfrieden might be an option – Medi1Saif Nov 30 '17 at 01:16
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Min-Soo Pipefeet
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Euthymie... wow. Und ich dachte, das bezeichnet das Bestreben, durch Anwendung von Thymian Gutes zu bewirken, zum Beispiel in der Küche. – – Christian Geiselmann Nov 30 '17 at 18:17
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@ChristianGeiselmann Geht natürlich auch, hieße dann aber wahrscheinlich eher Euthymianie, oder auch Euthymanie. ;-) – Min-Soo Pipefeet Nov 30 '17 at 18:32
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A little bit too broad, actually, but anyway, to complement Min-Soo's fabulous list:
gute Laune
Then, also, I would accept a word like
Weltzufriedenheit
although it is a neologism, but in a suitable environment (creative writing) you are free to create your own words.
Third, I think, when imagining a person in the state of Weltschmerz, then the opposite would be a person in the state of
Euphorie
or in more everyday language a person in
Feierstimmung, Feierlaune
or possibly a person in
Jubelstimmung
Such a person would be perceived as being
enthusiastisch
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