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world view

world view

5 4.6
A set of ideas about life and how things fit together
  • noun
  • /wɜrld vju/
translation icon : visión del mundo
  • The documentary explores different world views regarding climate change and its impact on society.
  • world view and its basic values
  • a new world view
  • two world views

It's just two different world views now.

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Examples

  • We believe in a non-theistic world view, and that's how we were trying to raise our daughter.

  • The fundamental thing about the entrepreneurial world view is that you see a role for human action.

  • It's just two different world views now.

  • So in her world view, God would control the weather.

  • And according to your world view, this is pretty much the only response that you could have.

  • To sum up, you mentioned that we have different world views; you might be right.

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  • When we think of the way we see the world, are those world views compatible?

  • My world view was built very much on hard charging.

  • We just disagree on our world views and choose one model to believe in or to fear.

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  • He has a very strong world view and and thinks about things deeply.

Synonyms

view
vsworld view
1.5

A personal opinion or belief about something

is a full philosophical conception about the world and human life
perspective
vsworld view
997 4.1

A way of thinking shaped by your beliefs or experiences

is broader, naming an overall philosophy about life and the world
point of view
vsworld view
514 3.7

A way someone thinks about something, for example legally or personally

is a comprehensive conception about the world and human life
worldview
vsworld view
141 4.4

A person's main ideas and beliefs about the world and life

is a defined philosophical conception rather than just general thinking
viewpoint
vsworld view
129 4.1

A person's way of thinking about something

is wider in scope, describing a life and world philosophy
weltanschauung
vsworld view
  • Formal
1 9.9

A person's basic beliefs about the world and their place in it

is a particular philosophy but is less formal and systematic
lifeworld
vsworld view
  • Specialized
8.3

The everyday world a person or group lives in and experiences

focuses on a philosophical conception rather than on lived daily experience

How Broad

globality
8.2
world view
5 4.6
view
1.5

Surface Forms

world view singular
world views plural
worldviews plural
worldview singular

Morphology

world + view

The meaning 'a particular philosophy or conception of the world' is directly and compositionally derived from 'world' (the world or realm of experience) + 'view' (an opinion or perspective). This noun–noun combination maps transparently onto the idea of 'one's view of the world' and is a cross-linguistically common pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE's meaning.

Etymology

World view may come from the simple picture of standing on a hill and looking out over the world, the view you have there. So a person's world view is their 'way of seeing' life and ideas.