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götterdämmerung

 
Dictionary: göt·ter·däm·mer·ung or Göt·ter·däm·mer·ung (gŏt'ər-dăm'ə-rŭng', gœt'ər-dĕm'ə-rʊng') pronunciation
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n.
A turbulent ending of a regime or an institution: "The nation had been flirting with forms of götterdämmerung, with extremes of vocabulary and behavior and an appetite for violent resolution" (Lance Morrow).

[After Götterdämmerung, an opera by Richard Wagner, from German, twilight of the gods : Götter, genitive pl. of Gott, god (from Middle High German got , from Old High German) + Dämmerung, twilight (from Middle High German demerunge , from Old High German demerunga , from demar, twilight).]


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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: myth about the ultimate destruction of the gods in a battle with evil
  Synonyms: Ragnarok, Twilight of the Gods

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Opera
www.metoperafamily.org
 
Norse Mythology
www.pantheon.org
 
 
 
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Der Ring des Nibelungen (music)
Wellgunde (character)
Woglinde (character)

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