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weltanschauung::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | world view |
| Type of | perspective, position, view |
| Has types | clockwork universe |
Examples of weltanschauung
weltanschauung
Our weltanschauung is shaped by major events, shared by a generation.
From the omaha.com
I was 4 when I slept over at Joey Castellano's house and had my entire culinary weltanschauung shattered.
From the time.com
Taxing the rich, according to my weltanschauung and many economists, would slow job growth to the extent that we would be in a recession.
From the economist.com
One may further recognize a number of subtly distinctive meanings, close to those of paradigm, point of view, reality tunnel, umwelt, or weltanschauung.
From the en.wikipedia.org
From these two seemingly incompatible poles, modernists began to fashion a complete weltanschauung that could encompass every aspect of life.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Having been a failed internet dater for some while I've just realised that my problem isn't all the crap men I've met, but that I wasn't looking for the weltanschauung.
From the guardian.co.uk
Weltanschauung serves as a framework for generating various dimensions of human perception and experience like knowledge, politics, economics, religion, culture, science and ethics.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- A comprehensive view of the world and human life
- A comprehensive world view (or worldview) is the fundamental cognitive orientation of an individual or society encompassing natural philosophy; fundamental existential and normative postulates; or themes, values, emotions, and ethics. ...
- A person's or a group's conception, philosophy or view of the world; a worldview
- A German word, often used in English, meaning Worldview.
- German term for "World-view," a general outlook on human life and its place in the greater order of the universe.
- (German, "manner of looking at the world"): The philosophy of an individual, an artist, or a group of like-minded individuals, especially the philosophy concerning one's relationship to civilization. Cf. Weltansicht, below.
- From the German, and one way to translate it: an apprehension of a worldview from a particular point of view, including a person's thinking about nature, ethics, and other values. ...
- Weltanschauung is the combination of the German words Welt meaning "world" and anschauen meaning "to view." One's weltanschauung is one's fundamental beliefs about the world and life. In English the term is often represented by the phrase "world and life view."
- German term that literally means "world view". Reality described from a particular perspective. Suggests many "world views" can exist simultaneously.
