Worldview Definition

wûrldvyo͝o
noun
The overall perspective from which one sees and interprets the world.
American Heritage
A comprehensive, esp. personal, philosophy or conception of the world and of human life.
Webster's New World

The totality of one's beliefs about reality.

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Noun

Singular:
worldview
Plural:
worldviews

Origin of Worldview

  • A calque of German Weltanschauung, a compound of Welt (“world") + Anschauung (“view/outlook").

    From Wiktionary

  • Translation of German Weltanschauung

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Worldview Sentence Examples

  • One must have a holistic worldview, encompassing all the issues.

  • She is currently doing empirical work into the way the popular arts shape the worldview of young people today.

  • Few scientists, even those with a mechanistic worldview, would deny that human beings possess consciousness or free will.

  • He has been a strong and decisive leader with a coherent worldview that was evident even during the 2000 presidential campaign.

  • Only a presentation of the Bahá'í Faith that is fully congruent with the Buddhist worldview is likely to succeed in any mayor way.

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Words Starting With

WWOWOR

Words Ending With

WEWIEW

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