worldview

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The ethical facet: a worldview is accepted and trusted as the best (descriptively correct) image of reality.

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  1. noun The overall perspective from which one sees and interprets the world.
  2. noun A collection of beliefs about life and the universe held by an individual or a group.

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  • The nature of a worldview is such that it is impossible to hide your worldview, at least from someone paying attention. —  Ask Andrea
  • The ethical facet: a worldview is accepted and trusted as the best (descriptively correct) image of reality. —  An accidental blog
  • The biotic side: Although it grows in a different way from a plant or animal, a worldview is also something that lives and develops and changes. —  An accidental blog
  • That crushing despair I experienced when I would absorb the implications of my worldview was the feeling of a precious, eternal soul railing against the injustice of being denied. —  Conversion Diary
  • In conservative churches, a worldview is at stake, and in that worldview white male dominance has been the rule. —  IntentBlog
 

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  1. Translation of German Weltanschauung.
 

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