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|DAILY BEAST
Rick Perry (not quite a candidate) is the only Republican to absorb sports fully into his being, his Texas Weltanschauung.
Jock the Vote|Bryan Curtis|July 7, 2011|DAILY BEAST
If you favor Swift, you are embracing a Weltanschauung that says that all of life is a high-school melodrama.
Battle of the Blondes|Bryan Curtis|January 28, 2010|DAILY BEAST
It forms an essential part of the philosophy of life, the Weltanschauung of every patriotic Prussian.
German Problems and Personalities|Charles Sarolea

This view of Herder's was Goethe's starting-point in the formation of his Weltanschauung (or general view of things).
The Great Events by Famous Historians, v. 13|Various
Surely the legitimate province of 'personalism' lies in the region of general ideas, or rather in the Weltanschauung as a whole.
Outspoken Essays|William Ralph Inge
In Germany every one sports his Weltanschauung, his personal interpretation of life and its meanings.
Ivory Apes and Peacocks|James Huneker
Only by applying the Marxian philosophy of history can we upset the bourgeois Weltanschauung.'
Ghetto Comedies|Israel Zangwill

British Dictionary definitions for Weltanschauung

Weltanschauung

/ German (ˈvɛltanʃauʊŋ) /

noun

a comprehensive view or personal philosophy of human life and the universe

Word Origin for Weltanschauung

from Welt world + Anschauung view

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