World view

Other forms: world views

Definitions of world view

noun
a comprehensive view of the world and human life

synonyms: Weltanschauung

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types:
clockwork universe
the view that the universe resembles a clock built by God and ticking along according to Newtonian mechanics

type of:
perspective, position, view
a way of regarding situations or topics etc.

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