worldview
Personal reality framework
A worldview is a comprehensive framework of beliefs, values, and assumptions through which a person or culture interprets reality.
It shapes how one understands existence, morality, knowledge, and purpose: Her scientific worldview left no room for supernatural explanations.
The term often appears in discussions of clashing perspectives: Their worldviews were incompatible.
From German *Weltanschauung*.
Attitude toward the future
- lensLight-focusing curved glass
- standpointPosition for judgment
- viewpointWay of seeing things
- frameworkUnderlying support system
paradigm · mindset · orientation · bias · subjectivity · objectivity · interpretation · assumption
Philosophy of existence's nature
- epistemologyTheory of knowledge
- ontologyStudy of existence's nature
- existentialismPhilosophy stressing self-created meaning
- phenomenologyStudy of subjective experience
rationalism · empiricism · pragmatism · nihilism · relativism · determinism · dualism · monism
Trust without proof
- theologyStudy of the divine
- creedStatement of belief
- doctrineEstablished body of teachings
- sacredWorthy of reverence
divine · spirituality · afterlife · soul · salvation · sin · redemption · transcendence
Long-established customs passed down
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- valuesPrinciples held worthwhile
- ritualsCeremonial repeated practices
folklore · mythology · identity · ethnicity · taboos · norms · mores · ethos
Private profit-based economy
- socialismCommunal economic control
- liberalismPhilosophy valuing reform, tolerance
- conservatismPreference for existing institutions
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
feminism · anarchism · communism · fascism · libertarianism · progressivism · neoliberalism · populism
Complete system or domain
- cosmosOrderly totality of existence
- creationMaking something exist
- originStarting point or source
- big bangLoud explosive noise
multiverse · space-time · cosmic order · cosmogony · genesis · Dreamtime · axis mundi · celestial
outlook
Attitude toward the future
- lensLight-focusing curved glass
- standpointPosition for judgment
- viewpointWay of seeing things
framework · paradigm · mindset · orientation · bias · subjectivity · objectivity · interpretation · assumption · presupposition
metaphysics
Philosophy of existence's nature
- epistemologyTheory of knowledge
- ontologyStudy of existence's nature
- existentialismPhilosophy stressing self-created meaning
phenomenology · rationalism · empiricism · pragmatism · nihilism · relativism · determinism · dualism · monism · idealism
faith
Trust without proof
sacred · divine · spirituality · afterlife · soul · salvation · sin · redemption · transcendence · providence
traditions
Long-established customs passed down
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- valuesPrinciples held worthwhile
rituals · folklore · mythology · identity · ethnicity · taboos · norms · mores · ethos · ancestral
capitalism
Private profit-based economy
- socialismCommunal economic control
- liberalismPhilosophy valuing reform, tolerance
- conservatismPreference for existing institutions
nationalism · feminism · anarchism · communism · fascism · libertarianism · progressivism · neoliberalism · populism · secularism
universe
Complete system or domain
big bang · multiverse · space-time · cosmic order · cosmogony · genesis · Dreamtime · axis mundi · celestial · primordial
- Ideasidealism, materialism, empiricism, rationalism, liberalism
- culturemusic taste, beliefs, food preferences, custom, festivals
- belieffaith, belief, belief systems, creed, dogma
- identityidentity, personal identity, self, selfhood, self-expression
- beliefsbelief, beliefs, creed, creeds, faith
- character traitspersonality, virtue, temperament, honor, disposition