American English pronunciation
How to pronounce worldliness
IPA transcription: ['wɚldlinəs]
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['wɚldlinəs]
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Noun
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the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment
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concern with worldly affairs to the neglect of spiritual needs
“he disliked the worldliness of many bishops around him”
Usage examples
- Martin, too, had denounced the worldliness and greed of the Gaulish bishops and clergy.