noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The world "as lived" prior to reflective representation or analysis.

Synonyms

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lebensweltlebenswelt

Etymology

Calque of German Lebenswelt, coined by German philosopher Edmund Husserl.

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