Weltanschauung
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Weltanschauung
First recorded in 1865–70; Welt “world” + Anschauung “view, conception, perception”; cf. Anschauung ( def. ); see also world ( def. )
Example Sentences
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And endlessly repeating the phrase so it goes does not a Weltanschauung make.
From New York Times ● Jan. 20, 2022
Weltanschauung refers to an apprehension, usually one stemming from a specific standpoint.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 29, 2021
Today, some of the best photos in Us Weekly come from Instagram, one of the many descendants of the “Just Like Us” Weltanschauung.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2016
This season’s Oscar favorites “The Revenant” and “Mad Max: Fury Road” seem to fall into the élite brospeak Weltanschauung, tracing impossible physical trials for revenge and a supposed moral order.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 3, 2016
Likewise all of our science and the greater part of our nomenclature have arisen out of the sphere of thought contained in the practical Weltanschauung, which centred early in fetishism and related thoughts.
From International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I Philosophy and Metaphysics by Various
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