Antonyms for worldliness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : wurld-lee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɜrld li

Definition of worldliness

Origin : Old English woruldlic, from the roots of world and like (adj.). A common Germanic compound (cf. Old Frisian wraldlik, Old Saxon weroldlik, Middle Dutch wereldlik, German weltlich, Old Norse veraldligr). Worldly-wise is recorded from c.1400.

As in sophistication : noun culture, style
As in savoir faire : noun tact
As in savoir-faire : noun diplomacy
As in experience : noun knowledge

Example sentences :

I hurt you when I say that, but I want you to be my good friend, as always, in spite of my worldliness.
Extract from : « Patchwork » by Anna Balmer Myers

This worldliness was not frivolous, but earnest, and was ennobled by art and poetry.
Extract from : « The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy » by Jacob Burckhardt

The worldliness and the wretchedness, and now it is too late!
Extract from : « Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 » by Various

His indolence, his triviality, his worldliness become her own.
Extract from : « Modern Women and What is Said of Them » by Anonymous

Worldliness it changes into heathenism, vice into blasphemy.
Extract from : « Natural Law in the Spiritual World » by Henry Drummond

Other worldliness is not peculiar to the religion of the slave.
Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919 » by Various

But we all agree in one thing,—the worldliness of the world.
Extract from : « Godolphin, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

It was true, and yet it was not true; other feelings mingled in Phœbe's worldliness.
Extract from : « Phoebe, Junior » by Mrs [Margaret] Oliphant

When one enters on the path of worldliness is there any resting-place?
Extract from : « A Little Journey in the World » by Charles Dudley Warner

"At least you own to your worldliness, my poor Trix," says her mother.
Extract from : « The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. » by W. M. Thackeray

Synonyms for worldliness

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