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Weltansicht

Weltansicht noun: the general attitude toward life and reality that an individual or character demonstrates.

Noun

Weltansicht (plural Weltansichts)

  1. (literary) The general attitude toward life and reality that an individual or character demonstrates.
    • The Weltansicht of this poem is a distinct vantage for an appreciation of the scientific man's attitude toward the specific question of immortality.1905, The Bookman, volume 21, page 521
    • Sometimes they are Copernican in scope, issuing in totally new Weltansichts.1983, Charles B. Harris, Passionate Virtuosity: The Fiction of John Barth, page 54

Forms of Weltansicht

pluralWeltansichts

Origin of Weltansicht

Borrowed from German Weltansicht (“world sight or view”).

Questions about Weltansicht

What does Weltansicht mean?
Weltansicht means the general attitude toward life and reality that an individual or character demonstrates.
What part of speech is Weltansicht?
Weltansicht is a noun.
What is the plural of Weltansicht?
The plural of Weltansicht is Weltansichts.

Words near Weltansicht in the dictionary

  1. welsium
  2. welt
  3. weltanschauung
  4. weltanschauungen
  5. weltanschauungs
  6. Weltansicht
  7. Weltansichts
  8. Weltbild
  9. Welte
  10. welted
  11. welted thistle

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