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worldliness

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From Middle English worldlynesse, equivalent to worldly + -ness. Compare West Frisian wrâldlikens (“worldliness”), German Weltlichkeit (“worldliness”), Swedish världslighet (“worldliness”).

noun worldlinesses

  1. countable, uncountable The quality of being worldly; familiarity with the ways of the world. There was a coarseness in the one which revolted the almost fastidious delicacy of the other; and Lady Marchmont, full of poetry, touched with romance and sentiment, had nothing in common with the harsh and hard worldliness of Lady Mary; […]

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noun the quality of being worldly

Españolmundo, mundología
हिन्दीसांसारिकता sānsāriktā, लौकिकता laukiktā

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"worldliness." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/worldliness. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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worldliness. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/worldliness

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"worldliness." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/worldliness.

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@misc{worldliness_2026,
  title = {worldliness},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/worldliness},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}