fin de siècle English

Meaning fin de siècle meaning

What does fin de siècle mean?

fin de siècle adjective

— Pertaining to the close of the 19th century, usually suggesting a literary and artistic climate of modernism, world-weariness, and self-indulgence.

— (by extension) Pertaining to the close of the 20th (or any other) century.

fin de siècle noun

— The end of an era.