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Menschanschauung

Menschanschauung noun: the set of ideas and presumptions one has about humans.

Noun

Menschanschauung (uncountable)

  1. the set of ideas and presumptions one has about humans
    • My Weltanschauung, my Menschanschauung, did not tolerate such shoulders in women, such arms, such power.2005, Richard Stern, Almonds to Zhoof: Collected Stories, Northwestern University Press, →ISBN, page 462
    • He notes that every culture has its own Menschanschauung (view of the human being) that its^([sic]) uses to resocialize and heal its people.2008, Ricardo Carrillo, PhD, PhD; Jerry Tello, MS, Family Violence and Men of Color: Healing the Wounded Male Spirit, Second Edition, Springer Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 109

Origin of Menschanschauung

From German Menschanschauung.

Questions about Menschanschauung

What does Menschanschauung mean?
Menschanschauung means the set of ideas and presumptions one has about humans.
What part of speech is Menschanschauung?
Menschanschauung is a noun.

Words near Menschanschauung in the dictionary

  1. Mensalão
  2. Mensan
  3. Mensans
  4. mensas
  5. mensch
  6. Menschanschauung
  7. menschen
  8. mensches
  9. menschier
  10. menschiest
  11. menschiness

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