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this-worldliness

this-worldliness noun: concern with the things of this world; specifically, devotion to worldly things, as opposed to spiritual pursuits.

Noun

this-worldliness (uncountable)

  1. Concern with the things of this world; specifically, devotion to worldly things, as opposed to spiritual pursuits.
    • While dealing with this world, one must cultivate a penetrating, clear and unsullied this-worldliness.2015, Tridip Suhrud, translating Govardhanram Madhavram Tripathi, Sarasvatichandra I, Orient BlackSwan 2015, p. 291

Origin of this-worldliness

From this-worldly + -ness.

Questions about this-worldliness

What does this-worldliness mean?
This-worldliness means concern with the things of this world; specifically, devotion to worldly things, as opposed to spiritual pursuits.
What part of speech is this-worldliness?
This-worldliness is a noun.

Words near this-worldliness in the dictionary

  1. this, that, and the other
  2. this, that, and the other thing
  3. this, that, and the third
  4. this, that, or the other
  5. this-a-way
  6. this-worldliness
  7. this-worldly
  8. thisaway
  9. Thisbe
  10. Thisby
  11. thisclose

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