world view
How someone sees everything
A world view is a person's fundamental framework for understanding reality—their beliefs about existence, meaning, morality, and how things work.
It shapes interpretation of events and guides decisions: His religious world view colors everything he reads.
Also spelled worldview.
The German Weltanschauung carries the same meaning.
Attitude toward the future
- viewpointWay of seeing things
- standpointPosition for judgment
- lensLight-focusing curved glass
- frameworkUnderlying support system
paradigm · mindset · orientation · perception · interpretation · angle · vantage · slant
Long-established customs passed down
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- valuesPrinciples held worthwhile
- beliefsAccepted truths, personal
mythology · religion · spirituality · folklore · rituals · cosmogony · creation stories · ancestral wisdom
Philosophy of existence's nature
- ontologyStudy of existence's nature
- epistemologyTheory of knowledge
- existentialismPhilosophy stressing self-created meaning
- phenomenologyStudy of subjective experience
cosmology · ethics · aesthetics · realism · idealism · nihilism · empiricism · rationalism
Established body of teachings
- dogmaUnchallengeable official beliefs
- belief systemCoherent set of convictions
- capitalismPrivate profit-based economy
- socialismCommunal economic control
liberalism · conservatism · nationalism · feminism · secularism · theocracy · anarchism · communism
outlook
Attitude toward the future
- viewpointWay of seeing things
- standpointPosition for judgment
- lensLight-focusing curved glass
framework · paradigm · mindset · orientation · perception · interpretation · angle · vantage · slant · bias
traditions
Long-established customs passed down
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- valuesPrinciples held worthwhile
beliefs · mythology · religion · spirituality · folklore · rituals · cosmogony · creation stories · ancestral wisdom · indigenous knowledge
metaphysics
Philosophy of existence's nature
- ontologyStudy of existence's nature
- epistemologyTheory of knowledge
- existentialismPhilosophy stressing self-created meaning
phenomenology · cosmology · ethics · aesthetics · realism · idealism · nihilism · empiricism · rationalism · humanism
doctrine
Established body of teachings
- dogmaUnchallengeable official beliefs
- belief systemCoherent set of convictions
- capitalismPrivate profit-based economy
socialism · liberalism · conservatism · nationalism · feminism · secularism · theocracy · anarchism · communism · fascism
- global mindsetglobal mindset, global awareness, global citizenship, big picture thinking
- German Loanwordsangst, blitzkrieg, doppelganger, gesundheit, kaput
- overviewssummary, synopsis, outline, snapshot, rundown
- ancient mapsold maps, nautical charts, ancient maps, portolan charts, maritime charts
world, view, worlds, worldly, worldliness, unworldly, otherworldly, views, viewed