worldview
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of worldview
First recorded in 1845–50; translation of German Weltanschauung
Example Sentences
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What’s so bewitching about Mexico City, and the country at large, Iñárritu thinks, is the people’s worldview and how they confront their realities.
From Los Angeles Times
In that story, about the actor and his friend and collaborator Charlie Kaufman and Kaufman’s stop-motion animation film “Anomalisa,” a Times staff writer described Noonan: “Like Kaufman, he has a dark worldview, an idiosyncratic sensibility, blackly comic thoughts and, at times, an endearing crankiness.”
From Los Angeles Times
The samurai worldview, thrown into relief by “Shōgun,” highlighted the warrior’s ideas “about what is just, what is correct and how they should live,” said Murakami.
From Los Angeles Times
I suggest it’s because as much as you have your own worldview, you love your children unconditionally.
From MarketWatch
In this worldview, the father deserves most of the credit, despite putting almost no effort into the production side of having babies.
From Salon
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