/wɚˈldlinʌs/ - [werldleenus] - world•li•ness
We found 5 definitions of worldliness from 4 different sources.
NounPlural: worldlinesses |
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worldliness - concern with worldly affairs to the neglect of spiritual needs; "he disliked the worldliness of many bishops around him" | ||
externality, outwardness a concern with or responsiveness to outward things (especially material objects as opposed to ideal concepts); "hearty showmanship and all-round outwardness" | ||
worldliness - the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment | ||
sophistication, mundaneness, mundanity | ||
quality an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare |