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Weltanschauung

Weltanschauung \Welt"an"schau`ung\, n.; pl. Weltanschauungen. 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.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
weltanschauung

1868 (William James), from German Weltanschauung, from welt "world" (see world) + anschauung "perception" (related to English show).

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weltanschauung

n. a person's or a group's conception, philosophy or view of the world; a worldview

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Is it any wonder that impressionable youths force-fed this highly volatile, perversely materialistic weltanschauung could become so desensitized as to be capable of slaughtering classmates?