worldliness : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: worldliness	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for worldliness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
worldliness n the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment Synonym(s): sophistication, worldliness, mundaneness, mundanity Antonym(s): naiveness, naivete, naivety concern with worldly affairs to the neglect of spiritual needs; "he disliked the worldliness of many bishops around him" Antonym(s): otherworldliness, spiritism, spiritualism, spirituality
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.