Spirit of the time (9)
I believe the answer is:
zeitgeist
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">spirit of the time</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for zeitgeist that I've seen before include "periodic ethos" , "Spirit of the time" , "Mood of a particular time" , "Spirit of the moment" , "Current feeling" .)