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.
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Diverging worldviews In our study, young Trump supporters were more likely to be white and male and to have politically conservative parents, and less likely to be immigrants.
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Laura Wray-Lake, The Conversation, 17 Mar. 2025
This skepticism is fueled by two different aspects of Gen-Z’s worldview.
—Edin Deljkic, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
Gaga belongs as much to the worldview of millennial and zoomer Monsters as to the school of Carol Channing, a master of comic absurdism and musical-theater panache.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2025
Pundits on both sides of the aisle have, unsurprisingly, seized upon Sara’s and Virginia’s choices as cases in point for their respective worldviews.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 10 Mar. 2025
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Laura Wray-Lake, The Conversation, 17 Mar. 2025
This skepticism is fueled by two different aspects of Gen-Z’s worldview.
—Edin Deljkic, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
Gaga belongs as much to the worldview of millennial and zoomer Monsters as to the school of Carol Channing, a master of comic absurdism and musical-theater panache.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2025
Pundits on both sides of the aisle have, unsurprisingly, seized upon Sara’s and Virginia’s choices as cases in point for their respective worldviews.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 10 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for worldview
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“Worldview.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/worldview. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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