Worunter leidet die heutige Gesellschaft? Zu einigen zeitkritischen Wortbildungen in der deutschen Gegenwartssprache
What is the cause of the suffering of modern society? On selected word forms in contemporary German expressing critical attitudes toward events and phenomena in the contemporary world

Summary/Abstract: This article will be devoted to a semantic analysis of word forms which express criticalattitudes toward events and phenomena in the contemporary world and contain componentssuch as -drang, -druck, -itis, -manie, -rausch, -sucht, -wahn, -wut, -zwang, e.g. inwords such as Putzsucht, Kaufzwang, Kaufwut, Kaufsucht, Konsumdrang, Fitnessmanie, Fitnesswahn, Gesundheitswahn, Montagitis, Rabatteritis, Erwartungszwang, Zeitdruck,Einkauftstrauma. The analysed words portray the contemporary society and unmask itstrue nature.

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