worldview

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Alternative forms

• world-view
• world view

Etymology

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

Noun

worldview (plural worldviews)

1. One's personal view of the world and how one interprets it.
2. The totality of one's beliefs about reality.
3. A general philosophy or view of life.

   The Elizabethan worldview differs from a modern worldview.

Translations

personal view of the world

Armenian: աշխարհայացք (hy) (ašxarhayac’k’) Chinese: Mandarin: 世界觀 (zh), 世界观 (zh) (shìjièguān) Czech: světový názor (cs) m., světonázor (cs) m. Finnish: maailmankatsomus (fi) French: vision du monde (fr) f.

German: Weltanschauung (de) f. Russian: мировоззрение (ru) (mirivozzrénije) n. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: свјетона́зор (sh) m. Roman: svjetonázor (sh) m. Spanish: cosmovisión (es) f., visión del mundo (es), forma de ver la vida (es)

totality of one's beliefs about reality

Armenian: աշխարհայացք (hy) (ašxarhayac’k’) Chinese: Mandarin: 世界觀 (zh), 世界观 (zh) (shìjièguān)

Finnish: maailmankatsomus (fi) Russian: мировоззрение (ru) (mirivozzrénije) n.

general philosophy or view of life

Armenian: աշխարհայացք (hy) (ašxarhayac’k’) Chinese: Mandarin: 世界觀 (zh), 世界观 (zh) (shìjièguān) Finnish: maailmankatsomus (fi), elämänkatsomus (fi)

Russian: мировоззрение (ru) (mirivozzrénije) n. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: свјетона́зор (sh) m. Roman: svjetonázor (sh) m.