thought-world

See also: thoughtworld

English

Etymology

From thought +‎ world. Compare German Gedankenwelt.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈθɔːtwəːld/

Noun

thought-world (plural thought-worlds)

  1. The world as seen in terms of the attitudes, belief systems, assumptions etc. of a given society or people.
    • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 256:
      What remains for scholars of Islam to achieve is the equivalent of Western Christian culture's patient analysis of the documents at the heart of Christian faith, to gain a clearer picture of the society and thought-world in which the Qur'an was created.

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