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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Since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Russian political elite have grown more pliant in implementing Putin’s orders and more obsequious in pandering to his paranoid worldview.
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Maksim Samorukov, Foreign Affairs, 25 Apr. 2024
Tasked with finding the cause, Scales must wrestle with her own family history and worldview as her hunt unearths a danger that threatens both Wiley City and Ashtown.
—Diya Chacko, Orange County Register, 11 Apr. 2024
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Maksim Samorukov, Foreign Affairs, 25 Apr. 2024
Tasked with finding the cause, Scales must wrestle with her own family history and worldview as her hunt unearths a danger that threatens both Wiley City and Ashtown.
—Diya Chacko, Orange County Register, 11 Apr. 2024
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“Worldview.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/worldview. Accessed 3 May. 2024.
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