this-worldliness
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From this-worldly + -ness.
Noun[edit]
this-worldliness (uncountable)
- Concern with the things of this world; specifically, devotion to worldly things, as opposed to spiritual pursuits.
- 2015, Tridip Suhrud, translating Govardhanram Madhavram Tripathi, Sarasvatichandra I, Orient BlackSwan 2015, p. 291:
- While dealing with this world, one must cultivate a penetrating, clear and unsullied this-worldliness.
- 2015, Tridip Suhrud, translating Govardhanram Madhavram Tripathi, Sarasvatichandra I, Orient BlackSwan 2015, p. 291: