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Worldliness
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Worldliness has 2 senses
- worldliness(n = noun.attribute) mundaneness, mundanity, sophistication - the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment; Array is a kind of quality
- worldliness(n = noun.attribute) Array - concern with worldly affairs to the neglect of spiritual needs; "he disliked the worldliness of many bishops around him" is a kind of externality, outwardness
Derived form adjective worldly2
Antonym: otherworldliness
Derived form adjective worldly1
CIDE DICTIONARY
Worldliness, n.
The quality of being worldly; a predominant passion for obtaining the good things of this life; covetousness; addictedness to gain and temporal enjoyments; worldly-mindedness. [1913 Webster]
ROGET THESAURUS
Worldliness
Selfishness
N selfishness, self-love, self-indulgence, self-worship, self-interest, egotism, egoism, amour propre, nepotism, worldliness, world wisdom, illiberality, meanness, time-pleaser, time-server, tuft- hunter, fortune-hunter, jobber, worldling, egotist, egoist, monopolist, nepotist, dog in the manger, charity that begins at home, canis in praesepi, foes to nobleness, temporizer, trimmer, selfish, self-seeking, self-indulgent, self-interested, self- centered, wrapped up in self, wrapt up in self, centered in self, egotistic, egotistical, egoistical, illiberal, mean, ungenerous, narrow-minded, mercenary, venal, covetous, unspiritual, earthly, earthly-minded, mundane, worldly, worldly- minded, worldly-wise, timeserving, interested, alieni appetens sui profusus, ungenerously, to gain some private ends, from interested motives, apres nous le deluge.
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