worldview
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of worldview
First recorded in 1845–50; translation of German Weltanschauung
Example Sentences
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“That’s their worldview, and navigating life as a Black woman, you’re going to experience micro- and macroaggressions,” she says.
From MarketWatch
Christof Koch, a leading consciousness researcher and primary source in Pollan’s book, began his career as a strict materialist, believing everything could be explained using the standard scientific worldview.
From Los Angeles Times
Fundamental to Clark’s investment worldview is his conviction that “the era of capital abundance has ended” and global markets are adjusting towards a new epoch of capital scarcity.
From MarketWatch
What’s so bewitching about Mexico City, and the country at large, Iñárritu thinks, is the people’s worldview and how they confront their realities.
From Los Angeles Times
In that story, about the actor and his friend and collaborator Charlie Kaufman and Kaufman’s stop-motion animation film “Anomalisa,” a Times staff writer described Noonan: “Like Kaufman, he has a dark worldview, an idiosyncratic sensibility, blackly comic thoughts and, at times, an endearing crankiness.”
From Los Angeles Times
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