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Freq. Frequency Top 100,000 Kanji 潮 tide, salt water, opportunity Related words 思し 想そう 思想 refers to a specific ideology or system of thought, while 思潮 emphasizes the broader flow or trend of ideas in a society.
風ふう 潮ちょう 風潮 is a more general term for social trends or prevailing mood, not limited to intellectual or ideological currents.
Word family main currents of thought in the world; world thought trends
the Enlightenment; enlightenment movement
thought of the times; current of thought in an era; zeitgeist
Etymology Composed of 思 (thought) and 潮 (tide, current), literally 'tide of thought'. The compound is a modern coinage, likely from the Meiji period, used to translate Western concepts like 'trend of thought' or 'current of ideas'.
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