worldliness

English Thesaurus

1. concern with worldly affairs to the neglect of spiritual needs (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	externality, outwardness,
definition	:	the quality or state of being outside or directed toward or relating to the outside or exterior (noun.attribute)

2. the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	quality,
definition	:	an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone (noun.attribute)

3. concern with worldly affairs to the neglect of spiritual needs (noun.attribute)

antonym	:	otherworldliness, spiritism, spiritualism, spirituality,
definition	:	concern with things of the spirit (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	secular, temporal, worldly,
definition	:	characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world (adj.all)

4. the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment (noun.attribute)

antonym	:	naiveness, naivete, naivety,
definition	:	lack of sophistication or worldliness (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	sophisticate,
definition	:	make less natural or innocent (verb.social)

derivation	:	blase, worldly,
definition	:	very sophisticated especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world (adj.all)

derivation	:	mundane, terrestrial,
definition	:	concerned with the world or worldly matters (adj.all)

5. concern with worldly affairs to the neglect of spiritual needs (noun.attribute)

antonym	:	otherworldliness, spiritism, spiritualism, spirituality,
definition	:	concern with things of the spirit (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	secular, temporal, worldly,
definition	:	characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world (adj.all)

6. the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment (noun.attribute)

antonym	:	naiveness, naivete, naivety,
definition	:	lack of sophistication or worldliness (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	sophisticate,
definition	:	make less natural or innocent (verb.social)

derivation	:	blase, worldly,
definition	:	very sophisticated especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world (adj.all)

derivation	:	mundane, terrestrial,
definition	:	concerned with the world or worldly matters (adj.all)