Explore Worldliness through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like sophistication or mundanity. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Worldliness meaning
The quality of being worldly; familiarity with the ways of the world.
Synonyms of Worldliness
Using Worldliness
- The main meaning on this page is: The quality of being worldly; familiarity with the ways of the world.
- Useful related words include: sophistication, mundaneness, mundanity, quality.
- In the example corpus, worldliness often appears in combinations such as: worldliness and.
Context around Worldliness
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 6 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Worldliness
- In this selection, "worldliness" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, selfish, religions, leo, serves and amid stand out and add context to how "worldliness" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include denounced the worldliness and greed and desire for worldliness had long. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "worldliness" sits close to words such as aami, aat and abada, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with worldliness
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The false other-worldliness of the Gnostics leads to immorality (ch. 15). (12 words)
Martin, too, had denounced the worldliness and greed of the Gaulish bishops and clergy. (14 words)
It is difficult to consider the crisis of faith in the West apart from this worldliness. (16 words)
Values involve a rank-ordering of things, and so are inseparable from approval and disapproval; yet it was dissatisfaction that prompted men to seek refuge in other-worldliness and embrace other-worldly values. (33 words)
The three retain an ongoing relevance for both religious and secular readers, Job and Ecclesiastes through the boldness of their dissent from received tradition, Proverbs in its worldliness and satiric shrewdness. (31 words)
On the other hand, in spite of his worldliness, Leo prayed, fasted, went to confession before celebrating Mass in public, and conscientiously participated in the religious services of the church. (30 words)
Example sentences (12)
The same desire for worldliness had long motivated him to make poetry translations into English eligible, with 60 percent of the money going to the translator.
The experience is immediately humbling, reflective and meditative and perfect for appreciating a power beyond, rather than being captured in selfish worldliness.
We take shelter from the storm of worldliness and ignorance in the peaceful home of scholarship, frugality and learning.
It is difficult to consider the crisis of faith in the West apart from this worldliness.
In some religions, worldliness (also called carnality) is that which relates to this world as opposed to other worlds or realms.
Martin, too, had denounced the worldliness and greed of the Gaulish bishops and clergy.
On the other hand, in spite of his worldliness, Leo prayed, fasted, went to confession before celebrating Mass in public, and conscientiously participated in the religious services of the church.
Such renunciates are accorded high respect in Hindu society, because their outward renunciation of selfishness and worldliness serves as an inspiration to householders who strive for mental renunciation.
The false other-worldliness of the Gnostics leads to immorality (ch. 15).
These white robes of heavy material stressed the nuns' other-worldliness amid the exotic native surroundings.
The three retain an ongoing relevance for both religious and secular readers, Job and Ecclesiastes through the boldness of their dissent from received tradition, Proverbs in its worldliness and satiric shrewdness.
Values involve a rank-ordering of things, and so are inseparable from approval and disapproval; yet it was dissatisfaction that prompted men to seek refuge in other-worldliness and embrace other-worldly values.
Common combinations with worldliness
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: