Wertherism

English

Etymology

Werther +‎ -ism

Noun

Wertherism (uncountable)

1. The kind of sentimentality depicted in The Sorrows of Young Werther (German: Die Leiden des jungen Werthers), an epistolary and loosely autobiographical novel by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, first published in 1774, with a theme of heartbreak leading to suicide.