WELTANSCHAUUNG

Weltanschauung, world view

(noun) a comprehensive view of the world and human life

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

weltanschauung (plural weltanschauungs or weltanschauungen)

A person's or a group's conception, philosophy or view of the world; a worldview.

Source: Wiktionary


Welt"an"schau`ung, n.; pl. Weltanschauungen (#). [G.]

Definition: Lit., world view; a conception of the course of events in, and of the purpose of, the world as a whole, forming a philosophical view or apprehension of the universe; the general idea embodied in a cosmology.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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