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for worldliness
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Worldliness \World"li*ness\, n.
The quality of being worldly; a predominant passion for
obtaining the good things of this life; covetousness;
addictedness to gain and temporal enjoyments;
worldly-mindedness.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
worldliness
n 1: the quality or character of being intellectually
sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience
or disillusionment [syn: sophistication, worldliness,
mundaneness, mundanity] [ant: naiveness, naivete,
naivety]
2: concern with worldly affairs to the neglect of spiritual
needs; "he disliked the worldliness of many bishops around
him" [ant: otherworldliness, spiritism, spiritualism,
spirituality]
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