worldliness

worldliness
See worldly.

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  • Worldliness — World li*ness, 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] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • worldliness — index experience (background) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • worldliness — worldly ► ADJECTIVE (wordlier, wordliest) 1) of or concerned with material affairs rather than spiritual ones. 2) experienced and sophisticated. ● worldly goods (or possessions or wealth) Cf. ↑worldly wealth DERI …   English terms dictionary

  • worldliness — noun 1. the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment • Syn: ↑sophistication, ↑mundaneness, ↑mundanity • Ant: ↑naivete (for: ↑sophistication) …   Useful english dictionary

  • worldliness — noun see worldly …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • worldliness — noun The quality of being worldly; familiarity with the ways of the world …   Wiktionary

  • worldliness — world·li·ness || wÉœrldlɪnɪs / wɜː n. materiality, earthliness; mundaneness; secularity …   English contemporary dictionary

  • worldliness — world·li·ness …   English syllables

  • worldliness — See: worldly …   English dictionary

  • worldliness —  Суетность …   Вестминстерский словарь теологических терминов

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