The relation or proportion in which the parts of a subject are viewed by the mind; the aspect of a subject or matter, as perceived from a particular…

The habits of mind or mental framework that shape a person's judgements, conclusions, etc.; a set of opinions or principles characteristic of an…

A light in which a subject is considered or regarded. Obsolete.

In extended use: an essential or underlying structure; a provisional design, an outline; a conceptual scheme or system.

A systematic scheme of ideas, usually relating to politics, economics, or society and forming the basis of action or policy; a set of beliefs…

any set of connected or interdependent values.

figurative and extended use. A set of standards, beliefs, or assumptions governing perceptual or logical evaluation or social behaviour; a set of…

the direction given to a person's attitudes and thinking by his or her beliefs or standards; an instance of this.

R. M. Hare's word for a behavioural or affective tendency which influences one's interpretation of experience, a personal slant (on something); a…

In trivial or disparaging use: a system of theoretical principles; an (impractical or rigid) ideology. Cf. theological, adj. 3.