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worldview

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

  1. A person's personal view of the world and how one interprets it; any ingroup's or society's mainstream view thereof.
  2. The totality of one's beliefs about reality.
  3. A general philosophy or view of life.

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Examples

“Near-synonym: cosmovision”
“According to the BfV, the JA promotes an ethno-nationalist worldview that ostracizes anyone who is not a native, white German.”
““You have⟳ said the actual truth,” Musk tweeted in reply⟳. X users, including many in the tech industry, lambasted the posts, though other users agreed with Musk and said they were gleefully watching him sink⟳ into their hateful worldview.”
“The bombing comes over a week after ISD released a report⟳ about how nihilistic worldviews are fueling violence in the US and Europe.”
“Near-synonym: cosmology”
“The Elizabethan worldview differs from a modern worldview.”
“Human beings feel⟳ safe and secure when they can stand⟳ confidently in the center of things, either in the center of an age or in the center of a class of people with a common world-view, but when they come⟳ to an edge, they feel⟳ nervous and unsettled.”
“The Enlightment worldview, which considered the order⟳ of "Nature" as a basis and, at the same time, the subject of explorations of scientific natural sciences, has, at the same time, considered this order⟳ as a criterion of the artistically-aesthetic qualities of art. From an "ideological" point⟳ of view⟳, it liberated art from its feudal religious and courtly servitude.”
“Some worldviews are based in a belief in God; others are not. Buddhism, Taoism, atheism, Marxism, and existentialism are examples of worldviews that are nontheistic.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
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