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worldview en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

A calque of German Weltanschauung, equivalent to world + view.

Meanings

1. An individual's, ingroup's or society's view of the world and how it is to be interpreted.
   • The bombing comes over a week after ISD released a report about how nihilistic worldviews are fueling violence in the US and Europe. 2025 May 21, Manisha Krishnan, “IVF Clinic Bombing Suspect Was Linked to ‘Anti-Life’ Ideology. Experts Fear Its Growing Influence”, in WIRED, archived from the original on 21 May 2025:
   • “You have said the actual truth,” Musk tweeted in reply. X users, including many in the tech industry, lambasted the posts, though other users agreed with Musk and said they were gleefully watching him sink into their hateful worldview. 2023 November 17, Blake Montgomery, “White House condemns Elon Musk’s ‘abhorrent’ antisemitic tweets”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
   • Near-synonym: cosmovision
   • According to the BfV, the JA promotes an ethno-nationalist worldview that ostracizes anyone who is not a native, white German. 2023 May 24, Nadine Schmidt and Sophie Tanno, “Germany intensifies scrutiny of far-right AfD, labeling its youth wing ‘extremist’”, in CNN:
2. The totality of one's beliefs about reality.
   • Near-synonym: cosmology
3. A general philosophy or view of life.
   • The Enlightment worldview, which considered the order of "Nature" as a basis and, at the same time, the subject of explorations of scientific natural sciences, has, at the same time, considered this order as a criterion of the artistically-aesthetic qualities of art. From an "ideological" point of view, it liberated art from its feudal religious and courtly servitude. 1986, Piotr Buczkowski, Andrzej Klawiter, editors, Theories of Ideology and Ideology of Theories, Rodopi, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 57:
   • Some worldviews are based in a belief in God; others are not. Buddhism, Taoism, atheism, Marxism, and existentialism are examples of worldviews that are nontheistic. 2009 June 2, Ed Gungor, What Bothers Me Most about Christianity: Honest Reflections from an Open-Minded Christ Follower, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 13:
   • Human beings feel safe and secure when they can stand confidently in the center of things, either in the center of an age or in the center of a class of people with a common world-view, but when they come to an edge, they feel nervous and unsettled. 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light:Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, page 7:
   • The Elizabethan worldview differs from a modern worldview.

Forms

Relateds

POV · viewpoint · NPOV · world model · point of view

Synonyms

cosmology · philosophy · cosmovision · belief system · weltanschauung

Translations (144)

be светапо́гляд (general philosophy or view of life) · id pandangan dunia (totality of one's beliefs about reality) · be сьветапо́гляд (personal view of the world) · sh svjetonázor (personal view of the world) · es parecer mundial (personal view of the world) · th การมองโลก (general philosophy or view of life) · sh svjetonázor (general philosophy or view of life) · az zehniyyət (personal view of the world) · yue 世界觀 /世界观 (personal view of the world) · az zehniyyət (general philosophy or view of life) · et maailmavaade (totality of one's beliefs about reality) · ca cosmovisió (personal view of the world) · id pandangan dunia (general philosophy or view of life) · uk світовідчуття́ (personal view of the world) · ja 世界観 (personal view of the world) · hi विश्वदृष्टि (personal view of the world) · el κοσμοθεωρία (personal view of the world) · bn বিশ্বদর্শন (general philosophy or view of life) · it modo di vedere (general philosophy or view of life) · da verdensanskuelse (personal view of the world) · de Weltbild (personal view of the world) · sq botëkuptim (personal view of the world) · az dünyagörüşü (personal view of the world) · sh светона́зор (general philosophy or view of life) · fi maailmankatsomus (totality of one's beliefs about reality) · is heimsmynd (personal view of the world) · ar رُؤْيَةُ الْعَالَم (personal view of the world) · ug دۇنيا قاراش (personal view of the world) · ru мироощуще́ние (personal view of the world) · fi maailmankatsomus (general philosophy or view of life) · mk светоглед (personal view of the world) · ru мировоззре́ние (totality of one's beliefs about reality) · eo mondbildo (general philosophy or view of life) · sh svetonázor (personal view of the world) · ka მსოფლმხედველობა (personal view of the world) · sk svetonázor (personal view of the world) · sl svetovni nazor (personal view of the world) · et maailmavaade (personal view of the world) · pt visão de mundo (personal view of the world) · es visión del mundo (personal view of the world) · et elukäsitus (general philosophy or view of life) · vi thế giới quan (personal view of the world) · el κοσμοείδωλο (personal view of the world) · ru мировосприя́тие (personal view of the world) · tr dünya görüşü (personal view of the world) · be светапо́гляд (personal view of the world) · he הַשְׁקָפַת עוֹלָם (personal view of the world) · cmn 世界觀 /世界观 (general philosophy or view of life) · it Weltanschauung (personal view of the world) · sh светона́зор (personal view of the world) · bn দৃষ্টিভঙ্গি (personal view of the world) · kk дүниетаным (totality of one's beliefs about reality) · pt cosmovisão (personal view of the world) · mk све́тоглед (totality of one's beliefs about reality) · uk світо́гляд (general philosophy or view of life) · hu világszemlélet (personal view of the world) · sh svetonázor (general philosophy or view of life) · az dünyagörüşü (totality of one's beliefs about reality) · mk светоглед (general philosophy or view of life) · ko 세계관 (totality of one's beliefs about reality) · yue 世界觀 /世界观 (totality of one's beliefs about reality) · th ทัศนะต่อโลก (personal view of the world) · sh свјетона́зор (general philosophy or view of life) · hy աշխարհայացք (personal view of the world) · es mundovisión (personal view of the world) · cs světonázor (personal view of the world) · hu világnézet (personal view of the world) · be сьветапо́гляд (totality of one's beliefs about reality) · pl światopogląd (personal view of the world) · es forma/manera de ver el mundo (personal view of the world) · cs světový názor (personal view of the world) · cmn 世界觀 /世界观 (totality of one's beliefs about reality) · th การมองโลก (totality of one's beliefs about reality) · nl wereldbeschouwing (personal view of the world) · bn বিশ্বদর্শন (totality of one's beliefs about reality) · ja 世界観 (general philosophy or view of life) · ky көз караш (personal view of the world) · uk світо́гляд (totality of one's beliefs about reality) · bg мирогле́д (totality of one's beliefs about reality) · hy աշխարհայացք (totality of one's beliefs about reality) · az zehniyyət (totality of one's beliefs about reality) · ky дүйнөгө болгон көз караш (personal view of the world) · fa-ira جَهانبینی (personal view of the world) · pt mundividência (personal view of the world) · ro concepție despre lume (personal view of the world) · sh свјетона́зор (personal view of the world) · ms pandangan dunia (personal view of the world) · tg ҷаҳонбинӣ (personal view of the world) · pl światopogląd (totality of one's beliefs about reality) · fy wrâldbyld (personal view of the world) · nan-hbl 世界觀 /世界观 (totality of one's beliefs about reality) · de Weltanschauung (personal view of the world) · id pandangan dunia (personal view of the world) · it modo di vedere (totality of one's beliefs about reality) · af wêreldbeskouing (personal view of the world) · uz dunyoqarash (personal view of the world) · ro weltanschauung (personal view of the world) · be светапо́гляд (totality of one's beliefs about reality) · el κοσμοείδωλο (general philosophy or view of life) · kk дүниетаным (general philosophy or view of life) · is heimsskoðun (personal view of the world) · de Weltanschauung (general philosophy or view of life) · fr vision du monde (personal view of the world) · ru мировоззре́ние (general philosophy or view of life) · cmn 世界觀 /世界观 (personal view of the world) · ja 世界観 (totality of one's beliefs about reality) · be сьветапо́гляд (general philosophy or view of life) · hi विश्व-दृष्टिकोण (personal view of the world) · da verdenssyn (personal view of the world) · hy աշխարհայացք (general philosophy or view of life) · nl wereldbeeld (totality of one's beliefs about reality) · eo mondkoncepto (personal view of the world) · nl wereldbeeld (general philosophy or view of life) · el κοσμοθεωρία (totality of one's beliefs about reality) · fi maailmankatsomus (personal view of the world) · de Weltbild (totality of one's beliefs about reality) · eo mondbildo (personal view of the world) · es modo de ver la vida (personal view of the world) · ko 세계관 (personal view of the world) · fi elämänkatsomus (general philosophy or view of life) · tk dünýägaraýyş (personal view of the world) · az dünyagörüşü (general philosophy or view of life) · lt pasaulėžiūra (personal view of the world) · bg мирогле́д (personal view of the world) · yue 世界觀 /世界观 (general philosophy or view of life) · nan-hbl 世界觀 /世界观 (personal view of the world) · sv världsbild (personal view of the world) · et maailmavaade (general philosophy or view of life) · kk дүниетаным (personal view of the world) · nb verdensanskuelse (personal view of the world) · nan-hbl 世界觀 /世界观 (general philosophy or view of life) · af wêreldbeskouing (general philosophy or view of life) · th โลกทัศน์ (personal view of the world) · uk світосприйняття́ (personal view of the world) · nl wereldbeeld (personal view of the world) · cy byd-olwg (personal view of the world) · pl światopogląd (general philosophy or view of life) · sv världsåskådning (personal view of the world) · lv pasaules uzskats (personal view of the world) · it concezione del mondo (personal view of the world) · af wêreldbeskouing (totality of one's beliefs about reality) · ko 세계관 (general philosophy or view of life) · it visione del mondo (personal view of the world) · ar رُؤْيَةٌ كَوْنِيَّة (personal view of the world)