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weltanschauung

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Welt⋅an⋅schau⋅ung

  [velt-ahn-shou-oong]
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–noun German.
a comprehensive conception or image of the universe and of humanity's relation to it.
Origin:
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).]
world·view   (wûrld'vyōō')   
n.   In both senses also called Weltanschauung.

  1. The overall perspective from which one sees and interprets the world.

  2. A collection of beliefs about life and the universe held by an individual or a group.


[Translation of German Weltanschauung.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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