| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Weltanschauung |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Welt·an·schau·ung |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  v lt än shou ng |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. Welt·an·schau·ungs or Welt·an·schau·ung·en (-ng- n)
See worldview. | | ETYMOLOGY: | German : Welt, world (from Middle High German wërlt, from Old High German weralt; see w -ro- in Appendix I) + Anschauung, view (from Middle High German anschouwunge, observation, mystical contemplation ( an-, on, at, from Old High German ana-; see anlage + schouwunge, look, from schouwen, to look at, from Old High German scouw n).
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