Descriptor English: | Worldview | ||||||
Descriptor Spanish: |
Cosmovisión
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Descriptor Portuguese: | Cosmovisão | ||||||
Descriptor French: | Vision du Monde | ||||||
Entry term(s): |
Cosmovision Cosmovisions Weltanschauung World View World Views Worldviews |
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Tree number(s): |
SP3.311.900.898.314.325 |
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Scope note: | 1. Worldview: a comprehensive conception or apprehension of the world especially from a specific standpoint called also Weltanschauung. (From: Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Available in https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/worldview) 2. Weltanschauung: This German word literally means "world view"; it combines "Welt" ("world") with "Anschauung" ("view"), which ultimately derives from the Middle High German verb schouwen ("to look at" or "to see"). When the English language first adopted it from German in the mid-19th century, "weltanschauung" referred to a philosophical view or apprehension of the universe, and this sense is still the most widely used. It can also describe a more general ideology or philosophy of life. (From: Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Available in: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weltanschauung) |
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Allowable Qualifiers: | No qualifiers | ||||||
History Note: | 2018 |
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DeCS ID: | 57384 | ||||||
Unique ID: | DDCS057384 | ||||||
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents |
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Worldview
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Concept UI |
FD00062081 |
Scope note | 1. Worldview: a comprehensive conception or apprehension of the world especially from a specific standpoint called also Weltanschauung. (From: Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Available in https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/worldview) 2. Weltanschauung: This German word literally means "world view"; it combines "Welt" ("world") with "Anschauung" ("view"), which ultimately derives from the Middle High German verb schouwen ("to look at" or "to see"). When the English language first adopted it from German in the mid-19th century, "weltanschauung" referred to a philosophical view or apprehension of the universe, and this sense is still the most widely used. It can also describe a more general ideology or philosophy of life. (From: Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Available in: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weltanschauung) |
Preferred term | Worldview |
Entry term(s) |
Cosmovision Cosmovisions Weltanschauung World View World Views Worldviews |
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