世せ界かい像ぞう

noun

world picture; image of the world; Weltbild

A somewhat academic term for a comprehensive mental picture or conception of the world, often used in philosophy, sociology, or cultural studies. Comparable to the German 'Weltbild'.

• 中ちゅう世せいの人ひと々びとは、宗しゅう教きょうに基もとづいた独どく自じの世せ界かい像ぞうを持もっていた。

  People in the Middle Ages had their own world picture based on religion.

• 科か学がくの発はっ展てんは、私わたしたちの世せ界かい像ぞうを大おおきく変かえた。

  The development of science has greatly changed our image of the world.