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Definition of “world view”

world view or world-view (wɜːld vjuː)

Definitions

noun

  1. the way that someone perceives the world ⇒ Many artists express their world view in their work.

Example Sentences Including 'world view'

Another of his past achievements, though, may provide a better clue to his world view.
Independent (1999)
At that stage all the concepts, the elegance and the embodied world view have gone.
New Scientist (2004)
Boshier eventually adopted much of the world view taught by the natives, including their belief in the supernatural.
Rogo, D Scott Psychic Breakthroughs Today
But their mother's skewed world view will inevitably peep out.
Courier, Sunday Mail (2004)
Nevertheless, she seeks to impose her own world view on others and refuses to accept the possibility that she is wrong.
Val McDermid THE LAST TEMPTATION (2002)
Now, I see how valuable their world view is and how much broader a view they've given me than most people here seem to have.
various & introduction by Deirdre Chapman A Roomful of Birds - Scottish short stories 1990
These economic Neanderthals are determined to enforce their obsolete world view on the Manmohan Singh Government.
Samachar (2004)
Worryingly, the politicians are not just training their sights on violence; they also want Hollywood to reflect their own world view.
Times, Sunday Times (2005)

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