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
With the rise of a this-worldly attitude, the sense of death became overwhelming; work was one of the means whereby individuals staved off that consciousness of finality.
From Time Magazine Archive
And it is all as tranquil and reposeful as dreamland, and has nothing this-worldly about it—nothing to hang a fret or a worry upon.
From Life on the Mississippi, Part 12. by Mark Twain
