worldview

noun

Etymology: A calque of German Weltanschauung, equivalent to world + view.

1. A person's personal view of the world and how one interprets it; any ingroup's or society's mainstream view thereof.

   “Near-synonym: cosmovision”

   “According to the BfV, the JA promotes an ethno-nationalist worldview that ostracizes anyone who is not a native, white German.”

2. The totality of one's beliefs about reality.

   “Near-synonym: cosmology”

3. A general philosophy or view of life.

   “The Elizabethan worldview differs from a modern worldview.”

   “Human beings feel safe and secure when they can stand confidently in the center of things, either in the center of an age or in the center of a class of people with a common world-view, but when they come to an edge, they feel nervous and unsettled.”