worldview

noun

world·​view ˈwərl(d)-ˌvyü 

: a comprehensive conception or apprehension of the world especially from a specific standpoint

called also weltanschauung

Examples of worldview in a Sentence

The two groups have very different worldviews.

Recent Examples on the Web

But her worldview is subtly transformed by an encounter with Mari (Okamoto), a Japanese theater director battling cancer, and by the profound friendship that grows between the two women. — Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 15 July 2026

Parenting is where the positions form, the worldview absorbed from the people who raised you, and is later handed down. — Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 15 July 2026

Your worldview is expanding, and your feelings have a lot to do with it, Scorpio. — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 14 July 2026

As Ricky adapts to his expanding worldview, a delirious new logic takes hold. — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 14 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1848, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for worldview

• accrue
• ado
• ainu
• aircrew
• airscrew
• anew
• askew
• baboo
• babu
• bamboo
• beaucoup
• bijou