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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


Synonymsmundaneness, mundanity, sophistication


Broader (hypernym)quality


Antonymsnaiveness, naivete, naivety

2. worldliness (attribute) concern with worldly affairs to the neglect of spiritual needs


SamplesHe disliked the worldliness of many bishops around him.


Broader (hypernym)externality, outwardness


Antonymsotherworldliness, spiritism, spirituality, spiritualism









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