this-worldliness

[ this-wurld-lee-nis ]

noun

concern or preoccupation with worldly things and values.

Origin of this-worldliness

¹

First recorded in 1870–75

Other words from this-worldliness

this-worldly, adjective

Words Nearby this-worldliness

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How to use this-worldliness in a sentence

When nuns have relapsed from other-worldliness to this-worldliness how have they been?
The Darrow Enigma | Melvin L. Severy

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