worldview

See also: world-view and world view

English

Alternative forms

• world-view, world view

Etymology

A calque of German Weltanschauung, equivalent to world +‎ view.

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.
   • 1986, Piotr Buczkowski, Andrzej Klawiter, editors, Theories of Ideology and Ideology of Theories‎^[1], Rodopi, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 57:

     The Enlightment worldview, which considered the order of "Nature" as a basis and, at the same time, the subject of explorations of scientific natural sciences, has, at the same time, considered this order as a criterion of the artistically-aesthetic qualities of art. From an "ideological" point of view, it liberated art from its feudal religious and courtly servitude.

   The Elizabethan worldview differs from a modern worldview.

Synonyms

• weltanschauung, philosophy, belief system

Translations

personal view of the world

• Armenian: աշխարհայացք (hy) (ašxarhayacʻkʻ)
• Belarusian: светапо́гляд m (svjetapóhljad)
• Bulgarian: мироглед (bg) m (mirogled)
• Catalan: cosmovisió (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 世界觀／世界观 (sai³ gaai³ gun¹), 世界观 (sai³ gaai³ gun¹)

  Mandarin: 世界觀／世界观 (zh) (shìjièguān), 世界观 (zh) (shìjièguān)

  Min Nan: 世界觀／世界观, 世界观 (sè-kài-koan)

• Czech: světový názor m, světonázor m
• Danish: verdensanskuelse c, verdenssyn n
• Dutch: wereldbeeld (nl) n, wereldbeschouwing (nl) f
• Esperanto: mondkoncepto, mondbildo
• Estonian: maailmavaade
• Finnish: maailmankatsomus (fi)
• French: vision du monde (fr) f
• Georgian: მსოფლმხედველობა (msoplmxedveloba)
• German: Weltanschauung (de) f, Weltbild (de) n
• Greek: κοσμοθεωρία (el) f (kosmotheoría), κοσμοείδωλο (el) n (kosmoeídolo)
• Hungarian: világnézet (hu), világszemlélet
• Indonesian: pandangan dunia
• Italian: Weltanschauung f (literary), visione del mondo f, concezione del mondo f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 世界観 (せかいかん, sekaikan)
• Kazakh: дүниетаным (dünietanym)
• Korean: 세계관 (ko) (segyegwan)
• Macedonian: све́тоглед m (svétogled)
• Norwegian: verdensanskuelse m
• Polish: światopogląd (pl) m
• Portuguese: visão de mundo f, mundividência f, cosmovisão f
• Romanian: weltanschauung n, concepție despre lume (ro) f
• Russian: мировосприя́тие (ru) n (mirovosprijátije), мироощуще́ние (ru) n (mirooščuščénije)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: светона́зор m, свјетона́зор m

  Roman: svetonázor m, svjetonázor (sh) m

• Slovak: svetonázor m
• Spanish: cosmovisión (es) f, visión del mundo, forma de ver la vida
• Swedish: världsåskådning (sv) c
• Thai: ทัศนะต่อโลก (tát-sà-ná-dtɔ̀ɔ-lôok)
• Turkish: dünya görüşü (tr)
• Ukrainian: світосприйняття́ n (svitospryjnjattjá), світовідчуття́ n (svitovidčuttjá)
• Vietnamese: thế giới quan (vi) (世界觀)

totality of one's beliefs about reality

• Armenian: աշխարհայացք (hy) (ašxarhayacʻkʻ)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 世界觀／世界观 (sai³ gaai³ gun¹), 世界观 (sai³ gaai³ gun¹)

  Mandarin: 世界觀／世界观 (zh) (shìjièguān), 世界观 (zh) (shìjièguān)

  Min Nan: 世界觀／世界观, 世界观 (sè-kài-koan)

• Dutch: wereldbeeld (nl) n
• Estonian: maailmavaade
• Finnish: maailmankatsomus (fi)
• German: Weltbild (de) n
• Greek: κοσμοθεωρία (el) f (kosmotheoría)
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• Indonesian: pandangan dunia
• Italian: modo di vedere m
• Japanese: 世界観 (せかいかん, sekaikan)
• Kazakh: дүниетаным (dünietanym)
• Korean: 세계관 (ko) (segyegwan)
• Macedonian: све́тоглед m (svétogled)
• Russian: мировоззре́ние (ru) n (mirovozzrénije)
• Thai: การมองโลก (gaan-mɔɔng-lôok)
• Ukrainian: світо́гляд m (svitóhljad)

general philosophy or view of life

• Armenian: աշխարհայացք (hy) (ašxarhayacʻkʻ)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 世界觀／世界观 (sai³ gaai³ gun¹), 世界观 (sai³ gaai³ gun¹)

  Mandarin: 世界觀／世界观 (zh) (shìjièguān), 世界观 (zh) (shìjièguān)

  Min Nan: 世界觀／世界观, 世界观 (sè-kài-koan)

• Dutch: wereldbeeld (nl) n
• Esperanto: mondbildo
• Estonian: maailmavaade, elukäsitus
• Finnish: maailmankatsomus (fi), elämänkatsomus (fi)
• German: Weltanschauung (de) f
• Greek: κοσμοείδωλο (el) n (kosmoeídolo)
• Indonesian: pandangan dunia
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: modo di vedere m
• Japanese: 世界観 (せかいかん, sekaikan)
• Kazakh: дүниетаным (dünietanym)
• Korean: 세계관 (ko) (segyegwan)
• Macedonian: све́тоглед m (svétogled)
• Russian: мировоззре́ние (ru) n (mirovozzrénije)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: свјетона́зор m

  Roman: svjetonázor (sh) m

• Thai: การมองโลก (gaan-mɔɔng-lôok)
• Ukrainian: світо́гляд m (svitóhljad)