worldview
noun
world·view
ˈwərl(d)-ˌvyü 
: a comprehensive conception or apprehension of the world especially from a specific standpoint
called also weltanschauung
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The two groups have very different worldviews.
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For instance, a close friend who turned out to be an anti-vaxxer and whose worldview increasingly clashed with mine, wrote me a five page letter ending the friendship.
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Meehika Barua, Time, 8 Dec. 2025
Aid now flows according to a worldview that is part-mercantilist, part-missionary, and wholly transactional.
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My worldview tends to be rooted in science and hard evidence for what is real.
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For two camps that claim to despise one another, their worldviews are actually quite aligned.
—Veronique De Rugy, Oc Register, 4 Dec. 2025
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Meehika Barua, Time, 8 Dec. 2025
Aid now flows according to a worldview that is part-mercantilist, part-missionary, and wholly transactional.
—Bright Simons, semafor.com, 8 Dec. 2025
My worldview tends to be rooted in science and hard evidence for what is real.
—Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 8 Dec. 2025
For two camps that claim to despise one another, their worldviews are actually quite aligned.
—Veronique De Rugy, Oc Register, 4 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for worldview
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“Worldview.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/worldview. Accessed 10 Dec. 2025.
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