English dictionary
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English noun: worldliness | |||
| 1. | worldliness (attribute) the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment | ||
| Synonyms | mundaneness, mundanity, sophistication | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | quality | ||
| Antonyms | naiveness, naivete, naivety | ||
| 2. | worldliness (attribute) concern with worldly affairs to the neglect of spiritual needs | ||
| Samples | He disliked the worldliness of many bishops around him. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | externality, outwardness | ||
| Antonyms | otherworldliness, spiritism, spirituality, spiritualism | ||
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