Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 exam•Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Definition
A pervasive sense of unease and psychological distress that intensified through the experience of war and influenced 20th-century European thought and culture.
AP course connection
Topic 9.1: 9.1 Context of the Cold War and Contemporary Europe