otherworldlinessn.

Brit.

/ˌʌðəˈwəːldlɪnᵻs/, U.S.

/ˌəðərˈwər(ə)ldlinᵻs/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: other world n., -ly suffix¹, -ness suffix.

Etymology: < other world n. + -ly suffix¹ + -ness suffix, after worldliness n. Compare later otherworldly adj.

1. Concentration upon or devotion to spiritual matters or life, esp. accompanied by a disdain for, neglect of, or lack of interest in the temporal world; asceticism; (more generally) unworldliness.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > [noun]

ghostlinesslOE

spiritala1393

spiritualtya1398

spiritualtyc1400

spiritualityc1485

inhabitation1615

spiritual-mindedness1647

spiritual1649

sprituality1694

spiritualism1744

otherworldliness1817

disattachment1846

supersensualism1847

otherworldism1872

other-worldness1872

upliftedness1893

1817 Examiner 28 Dec. 818/1 Puritanism and his successor Methodism with his more stupid and melancholy other-worldliness.

a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lett. & Recoll. (1836) I. 98–9 As there is a worldliness or the too-much of this Life, so there is another-worldliness, or rather other-worldliness, equally hateful and selfish with this worldliness.

1867 G. H. Lewes Hist. Philos. II. i. 5 Its other-worldliness, while upholding an ideal before men's eyes, had the disadvantage of discrediting the real.

1882 J. Fiske in Harper's Mag. Dec. 117/1 The error of mediæval anchorites and mystics in setting an exaggerated value upon otherworldliness.

1908 Encycl. Relig. & Ethics I. 630/2 Another controlling contrast in primitive Christian ethics..was that between this world and the next—prmoting a spirit of unworldliness, or other-worldliness, which has remained a permanent feature of the Christian view of life.

1960 Times Lit. Suppl. 7 Oct. 648/3 An account of those poets in whom the rejection of christian and other forms of ‘otherworldliness’ and traditionalism is most striking.

1987 Fiction Mag. June 12/2 It was difficult to tell where his habitual glazed otherworldliness ended.

2. A quality characteristic or suggestive of an ideal, fantastic or spiritual world.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > faculty of conceiving ideals > ideal place > [noun] > quality of

otherworldliness1876

1876 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. 2nd Ser. 172 Full of life and light and the other-worldliness of poetry.

1898 Fortn. Rev. 64 291 Burne-Jones..one defines him with true apprehension as the Painter of Otherworldliness.

1977 Gramophone Apr. 1569/1 The players sound much less on top of you..and among other advantages this helps them to achieve a memorable other-worldliness as the slow movement of No. 3.

1990 Weekend Austral. 7–8 Apr. (Weekend Suppl.) 10/1 A situation..which draws attention to the other-worldliness of her painting.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	otherworldliness
释义	otherworldlinessn. Brit. /ˌʌðəˈwəːldlɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˌəðərˈwər(ə)ldlinᵻs/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: other world n., -ly suffix¹, -ness suffix. Etymology: < other world n. + -ly suffix¹ + -ness suffix, after worldliness n. Compare later otherworldly adj. 1. Concentration upon or devotion to spiritual matters or life, esp. accompanied by a disdain for, neglect of, or lack of interest in the temporal world; asceticism; (more generally) unworldliness. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > [noun] ghostlinesslOE spiritala1393 spiritualtya1398 spiritualtyc1400 spiritualityc1485 inhabitation1615 spiritual-mindedness1647 spiritual1649 sprituality1694 spiritualism1744 otherworldliness1817 disattachment1846 supersensualism1847 otherworldism1872 other-worldness1872 upliftedness1893 1817 Examiner 28 Dec. 818/1 Puritanism and his successor Methodism with his more stupid and melancholy other-worldliness. a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lett. & Recoll. (1836) I. 98–9 As there is a worldliness or the too-much of this Life, so there is another-worldliness, or rather other-worldliness, equally hateful and selfish with this worldliness. 1867 G. H. Lewes Hist. Philos. II. i. 5 Its other-worldliness, while upholding an ideal before men's eyes, had the disadvantage of discrediting the real. 1882 J. Fiske in Harper's Mag. Dec. 117/1 The error of mediæval anchorites and mystics in setting an exaggerated value upon otherworldliness. 1908 Encycl. Relig. & Ethics I. 630/2 Another controlling contrast in primitive Christian ethics..was that between this world and the next—prmoting a spirit of unworldliness, or other-worldliness, which has remained a permanent feature of the Christian view of life. 1960 Times Lit. Suppl. 7 Oct. 648/3 An account of those poets in whom the rejection of christian and other forms of ‘otherworldliness’ and traditionalism is most striking. 1987 Fiction Mag. June 12/2 It was difficult to tell where his habitual glazed otherworldliness ended. 2. A quality characteristic or suggestive of an ideal, fantastic or spiritual world. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > faculty of conceiving ideals > ideal place > [noun] > quality of otherworldliness1876 1876 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. 2nd Ser. 172 Full of life and light and the other-worldliness of poetry. 1898 Fortn. Rev. 64 291 Burne-Jones..one defines him with true apprehension as the Painter of Otherworldliness. 1977 Gramophone Apr. 1569/1 The players sound much less on top of you..and among other advantages this helps them to achieve a memorable other-worldliness as the slow movement of No. 3. 1990 Weekend Austral. 7–8 Apr. (Weekend Suppl.) 10/1 A situation..which draws attention to the other-worldliness of her painting. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1817
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