worldview

(noun)

The totality of one's beliefs about reality.

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Examples of worldview in the following topics:

  • The Early 20th Century

    • The early 20th century was marked by rapid industrial, economic, social and cultural change, which influenced the worldview of many and set the stage for new artistic movements.
    • The economic and social changes of the early 20th century greatly influenced the North American and European worldview which, in turn, shaped the development of new styles of art.
  • Religion

    • Religion is a collection of cultural systems, belief systems, and worldviews that relate humanity to spirituality and moral values.
    • Religion is a collection of cultural systems, belief systems, and worldviews that relate humanity to spirituality and, sometimes, to moral values.
  • The Nature of Religion

    • Religion is a collection of cultural systems, belief systems, and worldviews that relate humanity to spirituality and to moral values.
    • Religion is a collection of cultural systems, belief systems, and worldviews that relate humanity to spirituality and, sometimes, to moral values.
  • Liberalism

    • Liberalism is a broad political ideology or worldview founded on the ideas of liberty and equality.
    • Liberalism, from the Latin liberalis, is a broad political ideology or worldview founded on the ideas of liberty and equality.
  • The Ecclesia

    • A church, through its institutional presence, typically strives to provide an all-encompassing worldview for its adherents.
  • Religion and Social Control

    • Thus, the social-conflict approach to religion highlights how religion, as a phenomenon of human behavior, functions to maintain social inequality by providing a worldview that justifies oppression.
  • Cultural Evolution

    • During the Romantic Era, scholars in Germany, especially those concerned with nationalism, developed a more inclusive notion of culture as a worldview.
    • That is, each ethnic group is characterized by a distinct and incommensurable worldview.
  • Slavery and Politics

    • His republican worldview stressed the austerity, self-reliance, and independence engendered by small-scale agricultural farming but neglected to highlight and justify the brutal and coercive system of chattel slavery that formed the basis for large-scale plantation production.
    • His worldview was further complicated by his personal intimate relationship with Sally Hemings, one of his household slaves.
  • Religion and Social Support

  • The Functions of Deviance

    • Deviance allows for group majorities to unite around their worldview, at the expense of those marked as deviant.
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