worldliness
noun/ˈwɜːldlinəs/
/ˈwɜːrldlinəs/
[uncountable] (literary)- the fact of having a lot of experience of life and therefore being difficult to shock
- Matthew is awed by his friends' seeming worldliness.
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- 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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