world view

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

world view
    n 1: a comprehensive view of the world and human life [syn:
         {Weltanschauung}, {world view}]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

30 Moby Thesaurus words for "world view":
      Weltanschauung, articles of religion, body of ideas, catechism,
      climate, climate of opinion, credenda, credo, creed, cult,
      doctrinal statement, ethos, faith, formulated belief, gospel,
      ideology, intellectual climate, ism, moral climate, mores, norms,
      philosophy, political faith, political philosophy, religion,
      school, spiritual climate, system of belief, system of ideas,
      system of theories