world picture

English

Etymology

From world + picture, probably after German Weltbild.

Noun

world picture (plural world pictures)

  1. A particular conception or idea of life; a worldview. [from 19th c.]
    • 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society 2012, p. 275:
      Astrology was thus less a separate discipline than an aspect of a generally accepted world picture.
    • 2006, Jackie Ashley, The Guardian, 20 Dec 2006:
      But painting a world picture of good and evil rather than trying understand and reconcile different races and religions is only going to make things worse.
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