this-worldliness
noun
concern or preoccupation with worldly things and values.
this-worldly
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a word derived from
this-worldliness.
Example Sentences
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In that video, he did not repudiate his faith and spoke well of it, albeit in this-worldly terms.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 6, 2023
It makes the work of holy men and women sound like the this-worldly tasks of the accountant, the mechanic or the dentist.
From Washington Post ● May 6, 2018
Trade is a horizontal activity, carried out between people on the same level, and by definition it is a this-worldly activity.
From Salon ● Mar. 2, 2014
One distinctly this-worldly claim is that of a New York City woman, Elyse Kidd, who claims to have been Kidd's wife.
From Time Magazine Archive
The splendid concluding vision in which Mirzah sees the compensations for the ills of this life suggests a very different type of mind from that of the "this-worldly" closing paragraph in Franklin's apologue.
From Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes by Erle Elsworth Clippinger
