Weltanschauung

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

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

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Weltanschauung \Welt"an"schau`ung\, n.; pl. {Weltanschauungen}.
   [G.]
   Lit., world view; a conception of the course of events in,
   and of the purpose of, the world as a whole, forming a
   philosophical view or apprehension of the universe; the
   general idea embodied in a cosmology.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]