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worldview

nounB2+Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #14,074 of 15,258leans written

Other forms: worldviews

A worldview is the whole set of beliefs through which somebody sees life. A religious worldview, shape his worldview, a whole worldview.

It is a translation of the German Weltanschauung, which English borrowed whole before settling on the English form. It covers assumptions somebody has never examined as much as opinions they would defend.

Definitions of worldview

  1. 1nounworldviewThe whole set of beliefs through which somebody sees life.B2+

    “Travelling through Africa changed her worldview completely.”

worldview is a belief.

Where it comes from

A translation of German Weltanschauung, world plus view.

  1. German

    Weltanschauung

  2. English, today

    worldview

A German Weltanschauung, equivalent to world + view.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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worldview in the wild

  • Christian alternative rock is a form of alternative rock music that is lyrically grounded in a Christian worldview.

    Christian alternative rock

  • Pollard identifies four key aspects: Identify the worldview: What beliefs, values and attitudes are being communicated?

    Positive deconstruction

  • Deny the error: what aspects of the worldview are in conflict with a Christian worldview?

    Positive deconstruction

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.