weltanschauung

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weltanschauung - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Weltanschauung \Welt"an"schau`ung\, n.; pl. Weltanschauungen.
     [G.]
     Lit., world view; a conception of the course of events in,
     and of the purpose of, the world as a whole, forming a
     philosophical view or apprehension of the universe; the
     general idea embodied in a cosmology.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

weltanschauung - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Weltanschauung
      n 1: a comprehensive view of the world and human life [syn:
           Weltanschauung, world view]