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Weltanschauung
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Welt·an·schau·ung  (vltänshoung)
n. pl. Welt·an·schau·ungs or Welt·an·schau·ung·en (-ng-n)
See worldview.
[German : Welt, world (from Middle High German wërlt, from Old High German weralt; see w-ro- in Indo-European roots) + Anschauung, view (from Middle High German anschouwunge, observation, mystical contemplation : an-, on, at from Old High German ana-; see anlage + schouwunge, look from schouwen, to look at, from Old High German scouwn).]
Weltanschauung German [ˈvɛltanʃauʊŋ]
n
(Philosophy) a comprehensive view or personal philosophy of human life and the universe
[from Welt world + Anschauung view]
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Noun1.Weltanschauung - a comprehensive view of the world and human life
world view
perspective, view, position - a way of regarding situations or topics etc.; "consider what follows from the positivist view"
clockwork universe - the view that the universe resembles a clock built by God and ticking along according to Newtonian mechanics
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From this contrast between the two kinds of magic contests--or, more precisely, between the two ways of treating these contests--we could proceed up the ladder of abstraction to two opposing Weltanschauungen inhabiting an ethereal realm already explored by Matthew Arnold in "Hebraism and Hellenism" and by Erich Auerbach in the opening chapter of Mimesis, but that is not where I want to go.
My magic can lick your magic by Levin, Richard / Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England
Die Forschung der Zukunft erfordert interdisziplinares Denken und Handeln uber die trennenden Graben von Einzelinteressen oder Weltanschauungen hinweg.
Editorial by Scheer, Rainer / Phytomedicine: International Journal of Phytotherapy & Phytopharmacology
Indeed, the uneasy and often volatile mix of race and religion constitutes a spiritual darkness that, ironically, strengthens the ignorance, the intolerance, and the aggression that have divided and morally diminished Americans since the first African slaves touched our shores, carrying their unique religions and Weltanschauungen.
Race and religion: the elixir of separation by Maxwell, William W. / Cross Currents
 
 
 
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