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Götterdämmerung definition

Göt·ter·däm·mer·ung (göt′ər dem′ər o̵oŋ)

noun

  1. Ragnarok
  2. the total, usually violent, collapse of a society, regime, institution, etc.

Etymology: Ger, twilight of the gods

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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