Outlook and Setting

Outlook

Outlook noun - A high place or structure from which a wide view is possible.

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Setting and outlook are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Setting" instead a noun "Outlook".

Setting noun - The circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded.

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Outlook and setting are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Outlook" instead a noun "Setting".

Nearby Words: set, settling, setter

particular	particular outlook	particular setting
similar	similar outlook	similar setting
current	current outlook	current setting
romantic	romantic outlook	romantic setting
Other adjectives: actual, entire, serious, dark, grim, bleak, social, interesting, peaceful, new, unique, idealistic, general, unusual, basic, different, realistic, overall.

The Planescape campaign setting of Dungeons & Dragons introduced the Merkhants, a sect with this outlook.

Source: Screw the Rules, I Have Money!
In Mage: The Ascension, the Technocracy is generally considered the villain of the setting for imposing their outlook of science on the world, crushing belief in magic, and doing so utterly brutally.

Source: The Extremist Was Right
Like their real-life counterparts, the People are seldom welcome wherever they go, but in this setting it's because their outlook is so idealistic that it tends to attract young people to join them.

Source: Perfect Pacifist People

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