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Lit., world view; a conception of the course of events in, and of the purpose of, the world as a whole, forming a philosophical view or apprehension of the universe; the general idea embodied in a cosmology.

One of the fundamental beliefs of the Progressive left, which is on fine display in that e-mail, is that it is not possible for anyone to hold an educated view that is different from the progressive weltanschauung. — The Sundries Shack
These programmers share a similar weltanschauung, but they don't need to care only about the things that I care about. — Planet Ruby on Rails
This is with respect to challenging the global hierarchy and Western-centric status quo, as part and parcel of their weltanschauung. — Asia Times Online
And it would not be incorrect to state that due to his peculiar weltanschauung which yearned for building a Hindu Rashtra based on the 'glorious traditions of Hinduism' and which looked towards Muslims as bigger adversary vis-a-vis British colonialism and which sought inspiration from the experiments in — Kafila
I don't mistake him for Shakespeare or anything; we just share some metabolic weltanschauung. — Warren Ellis