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worldhood

worldhood noun: a worldly possession.

Noun

worldhood (plural worldhoods)

  1. (rare) A worldly possession.
    • Follow no more this vein, but content yourselves with what you have already, or else seek honest means whereby to increase your worldhoods.1841, Isaac Disraeli, Amenities of literature
  2. The state or condition of the world; worldliness.
    • It makes sense to speak of numerous horizons of meaning, but not of numerous worldhoods.1992, Robert S. Corrington, Nature and spirit: an essay in ecstatic naturalism
    • The worldhood of the world is not comprehensible in the terms developed by speculative reason for the comprehension of present-at-hand objects and their properties.2005, Stephen Mulhall, Routledge philosophy guidebook to Heidegger and Being and time

Forms of worldhood

pluralworldhoods

Origin of worldhood

From world + -hood.

Questions about worldhood

What does worldhood mean?
Worldhood means a worldly possession.
What part of speech is worldhood?
Worldhood is a noun.
What is the plural of worldhood?
The plural of worldhood is worldhoods.

Words near worldhood in the dictionary

  1. worlders
  2. worldes
  3. worldful
  4. worldfuls
  5. Worldham
  6. worldhood
  7. worldhoods
  8. worldhouse
  9. worldhouses
  10. worldie
  11. worldies

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