"Lebenswelt" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈleːbənzvɛlt/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: Lebenswelten [plural]
enPR: lāʹbənzvĕlt [Received-Pronunciation] Etymology: From German Lebenswelt: Leben (“life”) + Welt (“world”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|de|Lebenswelt}} German Lebenswelt Head templates: {{en-noun|-|Lebenswelten}} Lebenswelt (usually uncountable, plural Lebenswelten)
  1. (chiefly in the philosophy of Edmund Husserl) The sum total of all immediate phenomena which constitute the world of an individual or of a corporate life; life-world. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Philosophy
    Sense id: en-Lebenswelt-en-noun-Ipw34kVQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations

Inflected forms

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