Zarathustra
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- Zarathustrian adjective
- Zarathustric adjective
Example Sentences
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Though he eventually agrees to lose the fog machine and “Thus Spake Zarathustra.”
“We made this amazing arrangement, which goes through Strauss’ ‘Also sprach Zarathustra,’ Beethoven’s ‘5th,’ John Williams, Stravinsky’s ‘The Firebird,’ it’s all there,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times
Corporate onboarding sometimes really does make you wish Zarathustra would descend and bellow that God is dead.
From Los Angeles Times
He was also reading Friedrich Nietzsche at this time and was influenced by such books as The Anti-Christ and Thus Spoke Zarathustra.
From Literature
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The prophet Zoroaster, also known as Zarathustra, is revered as the founder of the faith, which became dominant in Persia before Arab Muslims conquered the region in the 7th century.
From Seattle Times
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