worldliness
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6.4
- noun
- /ˈwɜrldlinəs/
:
sophisticación
- David was suspicious of and scorned, but even here he would have liked an occasional wave or smile from one of these serious young men, and would have felt much eased in his faltering sense of worldliness and self-possession.
Examples
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Paul chuckled at Carl's new worldliness.
Fiction book (1993) -
Sylvia expressed great appreciation for the song, and Robert exhibited his worldliness by telling her that the title meant "Old Lisbon" and comparing it to the nostalgic American song "Home, Sweet Home."
Academic text (2017) -
Publius's worldliness, even his cynicism, turns out to be lucky.
Academic text (1993) -
I love his worldliness.
Blog text (12) -
"In a certain sense, these village women found some worldliness in their work abroad; several reminisced about seeing the sea, going on a boat, and an elderly nurse talked about wearing pants.
Academic text (2006) -
One must wonder then if Muhammad, who could neither read nor write, didn't receive his wisdom via divine revelation, how was it possible that he became so revered for his knowledge and worldliness?
Academic text (2002) -
Only if we are capable of worldliness can we bargain with those with whom we are in disagreement, for only in that case are we capable of enough detachment about our values to be able to see that opposition to them is not necessarily depraved.
Academic text (1993) -
In other words, scratch the surface of Said's polished refinement, and you discover a man constantly seeking to understand the "worldliness" of cultural practices, the ways in which cultural products exist in the world, are of the world, and should not be separated from all the messiness of the world.
Academic text (2004) -
Samuel Pepys famously made the transition without breaking step, and only the accident of his decision to start his diary in January 1660 means that we view his amiability and worldliness as characteristic of London in the 1660s rather than the later 1650s.
Academic text (2010) -
Her experience traveling the globe added a sense of worldliness to her conversations.
Synonyms
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6.5
Being refined and cultured with wide experience of the world
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8.4
A quiet feeling that someone understands what is happening
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7.5
Being experienced and able to make good choices
Having many facts about a subject and explaining them clearly
Antonyms
How Sophisticated
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Worldliness comes from world (the life and things of the earth) plus -ness, which makes a 'state' or 'quality'. In this sense worldliness is the kind of knowledge you get from travel and life experience, so it means being experienced and knowing how the world works.