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Definition of worldliness noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

worldliness

noun
 
/ˈwɜːldlinəs/
 
/ˈwɜːrldlinəs/
[uncountable] (literary)
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  1. the fact of having a lot of experience of life and therefore being difficult to shock
    • Matthew is awed by his friends' seeming worldliness.
  2. the fact of being concerned with the world in which we live rather than with spiritual things
    • She became dissatisfied with the vanity and worldliness of upper-class society.

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