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worldliness

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: worldliness

1
 n
concern with worldly affairs to the neglect of spiritual needs
2
 n
the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: worldliness
1

n concern with worldly affairs to the neglect of spiritual needs

“he disliked the worldliness of many bishops around him”
Antonyms:
otherworldliness, spiritism, spiritualism, spirituality
concern with things of the spirit
Type of:
externality, outwardness
the quality or state of being outside or directed toward or relating to the outside or exterior
2

n the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment

Synonyms:
mundaneness, mundanity, sophistication
Antonyms:
naiveness, naivete, naivety
lack of sophistication or worldliness
Type of:
quality
an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
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