Noun
world picture (plural world pictures)
A particular conception or idea of life; a worldview. [from 19th c.]
Since my world picture approximates reality only crudely, I cannot aspire to optimize anything; at most, I can aim at satisficing. Searching for the best can only dissipate scarce cognitive resources; the best is the enemy of the good. (p.361) Herbert Simon
Copernicus' picture did more than picture the solar system correctly: it painted a new world picture. John D. Barrow
In all three cases, and for most human beings, the problem of suffering poses no difficult problem at all: one has a world picture in which suffering has its place, a world picture that takes suffering into account. Walter Kaufmann