weltanschauung
Comprehensive reality framework
Weltanschauung is a German word meaning worldview—a comprehensive philosophy or outlook on life, the universe, and humanity's place in it.
The term suggests something more systematic than a casual opinion: His weltanschauung was shaped by growing up during the war.
English speakers sometimes use it to sound intellectual or to emphasize that someone's beliefs form a coherent whole rather than scattered attitudes.
Study of existence's nature
- epistemologyTheory of knowledge
- metaphysicsPhilosophy of existence's nature
- ethicsStudy of right conduct
- existentialismPhilosophy stressing self-created meaning
phenomenology · pragmatism · idealism · empiricism · rationalism · nihilism · stoicism · humanism
Long-established customs passed down
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- ethosCollective moral character
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
rituals · beliefs · values · mythology · religion · cosmology · spirituality · ancestors
Way of seeing things
- outlookAttitude toward the future
- lensLight-focusing curved glass
- frameworkUnderlying support system
- paradigmGoverning framework of thought
mindset · standpoint · orientation · interpretation · stance · approach · vantage · perception
Private profit-based economy
- socialismCommunal economic control
- fascismUltranationalist dictatorial political system
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
- liberalismPhilosophy valuing reform, tolerance
conservatism · communism · anarchism · feminism · environmentalism · theocracy · totalitarianism · dogma
ontology
Study of existence's nature
- epistemologyTheory of knowledge
- metaphysicsPhilosophy of existence's nature
- ethicsStudy of right conduct
existentialism · phenomenology · pragmatism · idealism · empiricism · rationalism · nihilism · stoicism · humanism · dualism
traditions
Long-established customs passed down
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- ethosCollective moral character
folklore · rituals · beliefs · values · mythology · religion · cosmology · spirituality · ancestors · symbols
viewpoint
Way of seeing things
paradigm · mindset · standpoint · orientation · interpretation · stance · approach · vantage · perception · understanding
capitalism
Private profit-based economy
- socialismCommunal economic control
- fascismUltranationalist dictatorial political system
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
liberalism · conservatism · communism · anarchism · feminism · environmentalism · theocracy · totalitarianism · dogma · doctrine
weltanschauungthoughtlessness
Lack of careful consideration
superficiality · anti-intellectualism · unexamined life · incuriosity · philistinism