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world-view

  [wurld-vyoo]
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–noun
Weltanschauung.
Origin:
1855–60; trans. of G Weltanschauung
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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
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

worldview 
1858, from world + view, translating Ger. weltanschauung.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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