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worldliness
noun
(world-li-ness)
the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment
Synonyms:
mundaneness
,
mundanity
,
sophistication
,
worldliness
noun
(world-li-ness)
concern with worldly affairs to the neglect of spiritual needs
Antonyms:
otherworldliness
,
Examples:
He disliked the worldliness of many bishops around him.
Words Related to
worldliness
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sophistication
,
rusticity
,
piety
,
gentility
,
playfulness
,
pretension
,
naivete
,
smugness
,
earnestness
,
devoutness
,
snobbishness
,
insouciance
,
intellectualism
,
pretentiousness
,
plainness
,
mundanity
,
unpretentiousness
,
sensibility
,
knowingness
,
daintiness
,
otherworldliness
,
ordinariness
,
unworldliness
,
urbanity
,
romanticism
,
eccentricity
,
quirkiness
,
whimsy
,
profundity
,
strangeness
,
earthiness
,
homeliness
,
suaveness
,
idiosyncrasy
,
inwardness
,
priggishness
,
ingenuousness
,
exoticism
,
impishness
,
sumptuousness
,
mischievousness
,
brassiness
,
joie de vivre
,
sunniness
,
dandyism
,
agelessness
,
ruefulness
,
exoticness
,
hipness
,
heartiness
,
pompousness
,
boundlessness
,
haughtiness
,
prettiness
,
otherness
,
rawness
,
loveliness
,
sweetness
,
wryness
,
cantankerousness
,
aestheticism
,
eclecticism
,
precociousness
,
nobility
,
foreignness
,
diffidence
,
dreaminess
,
bashfulness
,
bawdiness
,
sublimity
,
dailiness
,
chirpiness
,
slyness
,
soulfulness
,
wistfulness
,
seductiveness
,
bohemianism
,
exquisiteness
,
regality
,
courtliness
,
anglophilia
,
amiability
,
jadedness
,
rebelliousness
,
ennui
,
demureness
,
hauteur
,
superciliousness
,
preciousness
,
geniality
,
poeticism
,
languor
,
erudition
,
affectation
,
sauciness
,
imperiousness
,
politesse
,
uptightness
,
boyishness
,
girlishness
,
worldliness
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