Anschauung
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Anschauung
1855–60; < German: view, equivalent to anschau ( en ) to view ( an- on, at + schauen to look) + -ung -ing 1
Example Sentences
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We are in need of a word which has the same meaning as the German word, Anschauung, for which there is no popular equivalent in English.
From The Elements of General Method Based on the Principles of Herbart by McMurry, Charles Alexander
There was "reine Anschauung," pure perception; it happened when you looked at beautiful things.
From Mary Olivier: a Life by Sinclair, May
The fundamental difference between Hölderlin's "Anschauung" and Goethe's is at once apparent when we recall the "Lied der Parzen" from "Iphigenie."
From Types of Weltschmerz in German Poetry by Braun, Wilhelm Alfred
K. Rieker: "Staat und Kirche nach lutherischer, reformierter, moderner Anschauung," Hist.
From The Age of the Reformation by Smith, Preserved
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