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worldview

worldview

See also: world-view and world view

English

Alternative forms

Noun

worldview ‎(plural worldviews)

One's personal view of the world and how one interprets it.
The totality of one's beliefs about reality.
A general philosophy or view of life.
The Elizabethan worldview differs from a modern worldview.

Synonyms

weltanschauung

Translations

personal view of the world

Armenian: աշխարհայացք (hy) ‎(ašxarhayacʿkʿ)
Belarusian: светапо́гляд m ‎(svjetapóhljad)
Bulgarian: мироглед (bg) m ‎(mirogled)
Catalan: cosmovisió (ca) f
Chinese:

Cantonese: 世界觀, 世界观 ‎(sai³ gaai³ gun¹)

Mandarin: 世界觀 (zh), 世界观 (zh) ‎(shìjièguān)

Min Nan: 世界觀, 世界观 ‎(sè-kài-koan)
Czech: světový názor m, světonázor m
Danish: verdensanskuelse
Finnish: maailmankatsomus
French: vision du monde f
Georgian: მსოფლმხედველობა ‎(msoplmxedveloba)
German: Weltanschauung (de) f, Weltbild (de) n
Greek: κοσμοθεωρία (el) f ‎(kosmotheoría), κοσμοείδωλο (el) n ‎(kosmoeídolo)
Japanese: 世界観 ‎(せかいかん, sekaikan)

Kazakh: дүниетаным ‎(dünïetanım)
Korean: 세계관 (ko) ‎(segyegwan) (世界觀 (ko))
Macedonian: све́тоглед m ‎(svétogled)
Norwegian: verdensanskuelse m
Polish: światopogląd (pl) m
Portuguese: visão de mundo f
Romanian: weltanschauung n, concepție despre lume (ro) f
Russian: мировоззре́ние (ru) n ‎(mirovozzrénije)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: светона́зор m, свјетона́зор m

Roman: svetonázor m, svjetonázor (sh) m
Slovak: svetonázor m
Spanish: cosmovisión (es) f, visión del mundo, forma de ver la vida
Swedish: världsåskådning (sv) c
Ukrainian: світо́гляд m ‎(svitóhljad)
Vietnamese: thế giới quan (vi) (世界觀)

totality of one's beliefs about reality

Armenian: աշխարհայացք (hy) ‎(ašxarhayacʿkʿ)
Chinese:

Cantonese: 世界觀, 世界观 ‎(sai³ gaai³ gun¹)

Mandarin: 世界觀 (zh), 世界观 (zh) ‎(shìjièguān)

Min Nan: 世界觀, 世界观 ‎(sè-kài-koan)
Finnish: maailmankatsomus
German: Weltbild (de) n

Greek: κοσμοθεωρία (el) f ‎(kosmotheoría)
Japanese: 世界観 ‎(せかいかん, sekaikan)
Kazakh: дүниетаным ‎(dünïetanım)
Macedonian: светоглед m pl ‎(svétogled)
Russian: мировоззре́ние (ru) n ‎(mirivozzrénije)

general philosophy or view of life

Armenian: աշխարհայացք (hy) ‎(ašxarhayacʿkʿ)
Chinese:

Cantonese: 世界觀, 世界观 ‎(sai³ gaai³ gun¹)

Mandarin: 世界觀 (zh), 世界观 (zh) ‎(shìjièguān)

Min Nan: 世界觀, 世界观 ‎(sè-kài-koan)
Finnish: maailmankatsomus, elämänkatsomus (fi)
Greek: κοσμοείδωλο (el) n ‎(kosmoeídolo)
Japanese: 世界観 ‎(せかいかん, sekaikan)

Kazakh: дүниетаным ‎(dünïetanım)
Macedonian: светоглед m pl ‎(svétogled)
Russian: мировоззре́ние (ru) n ‎(mirivozzrénije)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: свјетона́зор m

Roman: svjetonázor (sh) m