this-worldliness

[ this-wurld-lee-nis ]

noun

1. concern or preoccupation with worldly things and values.

Other Words From

• this-worldly adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of this-worldliness¹

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

When nuns have relapsed from other-worldliness to this-worldliness how have they been?

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