Weltanschauung's - 2 dictionary results
Welt⋅an⋅schau⋅ung
[velt-ahn-shou-oo
ng] 
–noun German.
| a comprehensive conception or image of the universe and of humanity's relation to it. |
Origin:
lit., world-view
lit., world-view
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| Welt·an·schau·ung (vělt'än'shou'ŏŏng) n. pl. Welt·an·schau·ungs or Welt·an·schau·ung·en (-ŏŏng-ən) See worldview. [German : Welt, world (from Middle High German wërlt, from Old High German weralt; see wī-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 scouwōn).] |
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