welt·schmerz \'velt · shm rts\ n, often cap [G. fr. Welt world + Schmerz pain, fr. OHG smerzo; akin to OHG smerzan to pain—more at SMART] (1875) 1: mental depression or apathy caused by comparison of the actual state of the world with an ideal state
Intellectual, no? It would be just like Dad to go for that one.