Worldliness
['wɝldlɪnɪs]
Definition
(noun.) concern with worldly affairs to the neglect of spiritual needs; 'he disliked the worldliness of many bishops around him'.
Typist: Morton--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
Typist: Miguel
Examples
- I certainly did not see the proof of Mr. Skimpole's worldliness in his having his expenses paid by Richard, but I made no remark about that. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The only difference I see is that one worldliness is a little bit honester than another. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The third is the desire for prosperity, worldliness. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- She has deceived her husband, as she has deceived everybody; her soul is black with vanity, worldliness, and all sorts of crime. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- A shallow and specious other-worldliness has been driven out: an other-worldliness which is really nothing but laziness about this one. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- No worldliness about him. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
Checker: Rudolph