Weltanschauung

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Weltanschauung
       n : a comprehensive view of the world and human life [syn: {world
           view}]