worldliness
1
7.8
- noun
- /ˈwɜrldlinəs/
:
mundanidad
- Many people believe that excessive worldliness can lead to a neglect of spiritual values.
Examples
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Bedales did not encourage such feats in those days; they smacked of worldliness.
Academic text (2001) -
Between the innocence of the Christian and the worldliness of Machiavelli's new morality, there can be no reconciliation.
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"The worldliness of society does not mean that it is irreligious."
Academic text (1996) -
The main goal of these communities was to remain separate from the world; the bogeyman was worldliness.
Blog text (11) -
Let Harold's worldliness be a warning to thee, not an example.
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One cannot have this so long as there is the slightest trace of worldliness.
Blog text (11) -
The locals would have a quiet contempt for them, of course; it would be a defense against the greater worldliness of the outsiders.
Fiction book (1997) -
The soft loveliness of youth had given way to a harder-edged worldliness.
Fiction book (1998) -
But there's this extreme emphasis upon avoiding worldliness so that you can you can live out a truly devout life.
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Turn your backs on worldliness... purge yourself of temporal temptations.
Synonyms
A quality of caring about physical and everyday life rather than spiritual things
Antonyms
- Formal
3
9.4
A way of living with very strict self-control that avoids pleasure for religious or spiritual reasons
- Literature
1
9.9
Being more interested in spiritual or mysterious things than in everyday life
How Worldly
- Formal
11
9.9
19
5.8
1
7.8
26
3.9
12
2.8
71
6.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Worldliness comes from world (the life and things of the earth) plus -ness, which makes a 'state' or 'quality'. So worldliness paints the picture of being tied to 'the world' — money, pleasure and things — and often means concern with material life rather than spiritual or moral values.