weltanschauung
English
/ˈvɛltɑːnˌʃaʊʊŋ/
noun
Definitions
- A person's or a group's conception, philosophy or view of the world; a worldview.
Etymology
Borrowed from German Weltanschauung.
Origin
German (Berlin)
Weltanschauung
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Anschauung German
- Welt German
- Weltanschauung German
- weltanschaulich German
- мировоззрение Russian
- 世界観 Japanese
- weltanschauung Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- κοσμοθεωρία Greek (modern)