Weltanschauung [velt-ahn-shou-oo ng] ExamplesWord Origin noun German.
- a comprehensive conception or image of the universe and of humanity’s relation to it.
Origin of Weltanschauung literally, world-view Related Words for weltanschauung faith, dogma, profession, tenet, ideology, religion, doctrine, persuasion, outlook, theory, creed, philosophy, culture, view, confession, catechism, conviction, canon, church, cult Examples from the Web for weltanschauung Contemporary Examples of weltanschauung
Obamacare is an existential threat to their Weltanschauung, their idea of America?
Enough Already on HealthCare.gov. Don’t You Remember Medicare Part D?
Michael Tomasky
October 29, 2013
If you favor Swift, you are embracing a Weltanschauung that says that all of life is a high-school melodrama.
Bryan Curtis
January 28, 2010
Historical Examples of weltanschauung
Moritz Carrire, Weltanschauung der Reformationszeit, p. 470.
James Lewis McIntyre
The reference is to attitudinal response, to Weltanschauung.
Philip K. Dick
I give the name of ‘radical empiricism’ to my Weltanschauung.
William James
For many years past my mind has been growing into a certain type of Weltanschauung.
William James
It forms an essential part of the philosophy of life, the Weltanschauung of every patriotic Prussian.
German Problems and Personalities
Charles Sarolea
British Dictionary definitions for weltanschauung Weltanschauung noun
- a comprehensive view or personal philosophy of human life and the universe
Word Origin for Weltanschauung from Welt world + Anschauung view Word Origin and History for weltanschauung n.
1868, from German Weltanschauung, from welt “world” (see world) + anschauung “perception” (related to English show).