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Weltanschauung VEL-tawn-SHA-uhng noun a world view; a global perspective; a view of the universe and man's place in it 1915The War and DemocracyThis is not the place in which to analyse in detail the outlook upon life (Weltanschauung) of the man in the street in modern Germany.1972Time's Last Gift...the man had a somewhat non-Homo sapiens Weltanschauung.1980A Confederacy of DuncesYou must realize the fear and hatred which my Weltanschauung instills in people.Labels: Alfred E. Zimmern, J. Dover Wilson, R.W. Seton-Watson
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