earthliness

6.5

A quality of caring about physical and everyday life rather than spiritual things

noun
/ˈɜrθlinəs/

: materialidad

The artist's work reflects a deep appreciation for earthliness, showcasing everyday scenes filled with natural beauty.

Examples

Jeffson increasingly acquires a sense of his own earthliness or planetary qualities, occasionally imagining himself as isomorphic with the planet of which he is the only inhabitant.

Academic text (2016)
While Benjy, then, turns to the concrete "earthliness" of Caddy's voice, her smell, her loving arms, Quentin has to turn to an "idea" of her, a concept of Caddy as a "virgin goddess."

Academic text (1990)
Many philosophers debate the importance of earthliness in human existence compared to abstract spiritual ideals.
Through her poetry, she captures the essence of earthliness, emphasizing the beauty of the physical world over spiritual themes.

Synonyms

worldliness

vsearthliness

1 7.8

A strong interest in money and things that leads people away from spiritual life

is a neutral connection to material life without judging morals

Antonyms

spirituality

71 6.3

A concern with the inner life and connection beyond physical things

asceticism

Formal

3 9.4

A way of living with very strict self-control that avoids pleasure for religious or spiritual reasons

How Earthly

materialism

19 5.8

worldliness

1 6.4

earthliness

6.5

spirituality

71 6.3

otherworldliness

Literature

1 9.9

Surface Forms

earthliness singular

earthlinesses plural

Morphology

earthliness = earthly (transparent) = earth + ly + ness

Derived from 'earth' -> 'earthly' -> 'earthliness'; the meaning 'state of being worldly/material' follows regular adjective-to-noun formation.

Etymology

Earthliness comes from earth, which means 'ground' or 'the world', so think of someone who is 'of the earth' or 'grounded'. That's why earthliness means being practical and focused on the physical, material side of life rather than on spiritual things.