this worldn.

Forms: see this pron. and world n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: this pron., world n.

Etymology: < this pron. + world n.

The present world; the present state or stage of existence, as distinguished from another, esp. a future one. (Cf. other world n. and adj.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the present (time) > [noun] > the present world

this worldc950

Fourth World1931

c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Luke xvi. 8 Suno ðisses woruldes [L. filii huius saeculi].

c1000 Ags. Gosp. ðisse worulde bearn.]

a1175 Cott. Hom. 231 He cumð an ende þisser wrld.

c1175 Lamb. Hom. 7 Þeos world is whilende.

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) John xvi. 11 The prince of this world [L. princeps mundi huius] is now demyd.

1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur xiii. vii. 621 They alle shalle neuer mete more in thys world.

1583 J. Munden in J. B. Wainwright Two Eng. Mart. (C.T.S.) 24 Biddinge you farewell for ever in this worlde.

1705 G. Stanhope Paraphr. III. 332 The perishing possessions of this World.

1883 M. E. Braddon Golden Calf xiv What higher office can a man hold in this world than to form the minds of the rising generation?

Compounds

attributive. Pertaining to this world; mundane.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > unspirituality > [adjective]

worldlyOE

dryc1175

fleshlyc1175

of the world?c1225

secularc1290

timely1340

of hencec1384

uttermore1395

worldisha1400

profane1474

humanc1475

mundanec1475

mundial1499

carnal?1510

seculary1520

unghostly1526

worldly-minded1528

sensual1529

earthly-minded1535

civil1536

subcelestial1561

worldly-witted1563

secular-minded1597

ghostlessa1603

lay1609

mundal1614

non-ecclesiastical1630

unspiritual1643

wilderness1651

worldly-handed1657

outward1674

timesome1674

apsychical1678

secularized1683

hylastic1684

choical1708

Sadducee1746

gay1798

unspiritualized1816

secularizing1825

unreligious1832

secularistic1862

apneumatic1864

Sadduceeic1875

this-worldly1883

this world1889

1889 J. Titsworth in Chicago Advance 7 Feb. [To] appreciate the this-world sphere of the Kingdom of Heaven.

Derivatives

ˌthis-ˈworldian n. a man of this world, a wordling.

ΘΚΠ

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

man of the world1535

worldling1549

worlding1567

earthling1600

earthman1748

this-worldian1830

secularist1851

hylicist1880

1830 S. T. Coleridge On Constit. Church & State (1839) 77 Those..that separate the Christian from the this-worldian.

ˈthis-ˌworldism n. = this-worldliness n.

ΘΚΠ

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

secularity1395

sieclec1400

worldlishipa1425

worldliness?c1430

worldlihoodc1443

mundanity1506

secularness?1529

carnality1548

carnalness1549

earthliness1549

rudiments of the world1557

Sadduceeism1577

Sadducism1581

earthly-mindedness1603

temporalness1611

worldly-mindedness1621

corporality1628

unspiritualness1642

civility1644

corporeity1653

materialism1822

unspirituality1843

secularism1851

terrestrialism1856

temporalism1872

this-worldliness1872

despiritualization1874

this-worldism1883

this-worldness1930

1883 W. M. Adamson in Worthies Evangelical Union 319 This-worldism ignored God, if it did not deny His existence.

ˌthis-ˈworldliness n. devotion to the things of this world.

ΘΚΠ

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

secularity1395

sieclec1400

worldlishipa1425

worldliness?c1430

worldlihoodc1443

mundanity1506

secularness?1529

carnality1548

carnalness1549

earthliness1549

rudiments of the world1557

Sadduceeism1577

Sadducism1581

earthly-mindedness1603

temporalness1611

worldly-mindedness1621

corporality1628

unspiritualness1642

civility1644

corporeity1653

materialism1822

unspirituality1843

secularism1851

terrestrialism1856

temporalism1872

this-worldliness1872

despiritualization1874

this-worldism1883

this-worldness1930

1872 W. D. Howells Their Wedding Journey (1892) 269 A spiritual-worldiness which was the clarified likeness of this-worldiness.

1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 19 Oct. 2/1 The Need of ‘This-worldliness’... Evangelical Christians have been too often guilty of ‘other-worldliness’.

1928 C. H. Dodd Authority of Bible iv. xii. 268 Hard experience revealed the insufficiency of the robust ‘this-worldliness’ of the classical Hebrew religion.

1957 Times Lit. Suppl. 20 Dec. 776/1 Our civilization acquired its secular, scientific, anti-theological character, its ‘this-worldliness’.

ˈthis-worldly adj. concerned with the things of this world or the present state of existence.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the present (time) > [adjective] > concerned with this world

earthbounda1616

this-worldly1883

society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > unspirituality > [adjective]

worldlyOE

dryc1175

fleshlyc1175

of the world?c1225

secularc1290

timely1340

of hencec1384

uttermore1395

worldisha1400

profane1474

humanc1475

mundanec1475

mundial1499

carnal?1510

seculary1520

unghostly1526

worldly-minded1528

sensual1529

earthly-minded1535

civil1536

subcelestial1561

worldly-witted1563

secular-minded1597

ghostlessa1603

lay1609

mundal1614

non-ecclesiastical1630

unspiritual1643

wilderness1651

worldly-handed1657

outward1674

timesome1674

apsychical1678

secularized1683

hylastic1684

choical1708

Sadducee1746

gay1798

unspiritualized1816

secularizing1825

unreligious1832

secularistic1862

apneumatic1864

Sadduceeic1875

this-worldly1883

this world1889

1883 ‘M. Twain’ Life on Mississippi xlviii. 480 The guests were always this-worldly, and often profane.

1913 N. S. Talbot in Foundations 14 Thought of to-day is this-worldly.

1927 W. R. Inge Protestantism 12 A materialistic and wholly this-worldly apocalyptism.

1944 J. S. Huxley On Living in Revol. xv. 187 The Churches..feel themselves threatened by the rise of an outlook more concerned with social planning for this-worldly improvement than with individual concern for other-worldly salvation.

1978 J. Skorupski in Hookway & Pettit Action & Interpretation 83 It treats the magical and, by and large, the religious practices as ‘instrumental’: as attempts to control the course of events in such a way as to bring about this-worldly ends which the actors seek.

ˈthis-worldness n. = this-worldliness n.

ΘΚΠ

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

secularity1395

sieclec1400

worldlishipa1425

worldliness?c1430

worldlihoodc1443

mundanity1506

secularness?1529

carnality1548

carnalness1549

earthliness1549

rudiments of the world1557

Sadduceeism1577

Sadducism1581

earthly-mindedness1603

temporalness1611

worldly-mindedness1621

corporality1628

unspiritualness1642

civility1644

corporeity1653

materialism1822

unspirituality1843

secularism1851

terrestrialism1856

temporalism1872

this-worldliness1872

despiritualization1874

this-worldism1883

this-worldness1930

1930 G. Greene Two Witnesses 92 His sensitively spiritual soul could make no truce with any thisworldness.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	this world
释义	this worldn. Forms: see this pron. and world n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: this pron., world n. Etymology: < this pron. + world n. The present world; the present state or stage of existence, as distinguished from another, esp. a future one. (Cf. other world n. and adj.) ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the present (time) > [noun] > the present world this worldc950 Fourth World1931 c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Luke xvi. 8 Suno ðisses woruldes [L. filii huius saeculi]. c1000 Ags. Gosp. ðisse worulde bearn.] a1175 Cott. Hom. 231 He cumð an ende þisser wrld. c1175 Lamb. Hom. 7 Þeos world is whilende. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) John xvi. 11 The prince of this world [L. princeps mundi huius] is now demyd. 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur xiii. vii. 621 They alle shalle neuer mete more in thys world. 1583 J. Munden in J. B. Wainwright Two Eng. Mart. (C.T.S.) 24 Biddinge you farewell for ever in this worlde. 1705 G. Stanhope Paraphr. III. 332 The perishing possessions of this World. 1883 M. E. Braddon Golden Calf xiv What higher office can a man hold in this world than to form the minds of the rising generation? Compounds attributive. Pertaining to this world; mundane. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > unspirituality > [adjective] worldlyOE dryc1175 fleshlyc1175 of the world?c1225 secularc1290 timely1340 of hencec1384 uttermore1395 worldisha1400 profane1474 humanc1475 mundanec1475 mundial1499 carnal?1510 seculary1520 unghostly1526 worldly-minded1528 sensual1529 earthly-minded1535 civil1536 subcelestial1561 worldly-witted1563 secular-minded1597 ghostlessa1603 lay1609 mundal1614 non-ecclesiastical1630 unspiritual1643 wilderness1651 worldly-handed1657 outward1674 timesome1674 apsychical1678 secularized1683 hylastic1684 choical1708 Sadducee1746 gay1798 unspiritualized1816 secularizing1825 unreligious1832 secularistic1862 apneumatic1864 Sadduceeic1875 this-worldly1883 this world1889 1889 J. Titsworth in Chicago Advance 7 Feb. [To] appreciate the this-world sphere of the Kingdom of Heaven. Derivatives ˌthis-ˈworldian n. a man of this world, a wordling. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > unspirituality > [noun] > person man of the world1535 worldling1549 worlding1567 earthling1600 earthman1748 this-worldian1830 secularist1851 hylicist1880 1830 S. T. Coleridge On Constit. Church & State (1839) 77 Those..that separate the Christian from the this-worldian. ˈthis-ˌworldism n. = this-worldliness n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > unspirituality > [noun] secularity1395 sieclec1400 worldlishipa1425 worldliness?c1430 worldlihoodc1443 mundanity1506 secularness?1529 carnality1548 carnalness1549 earthliness1549 rudiments of the world1557 Sadduceeism1577 Sadducism1581 earthly-mindedness1603 temporalness1611 worldly-mindedness1621 corporality1628 unspiritualness1642 civility1644 corporeity1653 materialism1822 unspirituality1843 secularism1851 terrestrialism1856 temporalism1872 this-worldliness1872 despiritualization1874 this-worldism1883 this-worldness1930 1883 W. M. Adamson in Worthies Evangelical Union 319 This-worldism ignored God, if it did not deny His existence. ˌthis-ˈworldliness n. devotion to the things of this world. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > unspirituality > [noun] secularity1395 sieclec1400 worldlishipa1425 worldliness?c1430 worldlihoodc1443 mundanity1506 secularness?1529 carnality1548 carnalness1549 earthliness1549 rudiments of the world1557 Sadduceeism1577 Sadducism1581 earthly-mindedness1603 temporalness1611 worldly-mindedness1621 corporality1628 unspiritualness1642 civility1644 corporeity1653 materialism1822 unspirituality1843 secularism1851 terrestrialism1856 temporalism1872 this-worldliness1872 despiritualization1874 this-worldism1883 this-worldness1930 1872 W. D. Howells Their Wedding Journey (1892) 269 A spiritual-worldiness which was the clarified likeness of this-worldiness. 1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 19 Oct. 2/1 The Need of ‘This-worldliness’... Evangelical Christians have been too often guilty of ‘other-worldliness’. 1928 C. H. Dodd Authority of Bible iv. xii. 268 Hard experience revealed the insufficiency of the robust ‘this-worldliness’ of the classical Hebrew religion. 1957 Times Lit. Suppl. 20 Dec. 776/1 Our civilization acquired its secular, scientific, anti-theological character, its ‘this-worldliness’. ˈthis-worldly adj. concerned with the things of this world or the present state of existence. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the present (time) > [adjective] > concerned with this world earthbounda1616 this-worldly1883 society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > unspirituality > [adjective] worldlyOE dryc1175 fleshlyc1175 of the world?c1225 secularc1290 timely1340 of hencec1384 uttermore1395 worldisha1400 profane1474 humanc1475 mundanec1475 mundial1499 carnal?1510 seculary1520 unghostly1526 worldly-minded1528 sensual1529 earthly-minded1535 civil1536 subcelestial1561 worldly-witted1563 secular-minded1597 ghostlessa1603 lay1609 mundal1614 non-ecclesiastical1630 unspiritual1643 wilderness1651 worldly-handed1657 outward1674 timesome1674 apsychical1678 secularized1683 hylastic1684 choical1708 Sadducee1746 gay1798 unspiritualized1816 secularizing1825 unreligious1832 secularistic1862 apneumatic1864 Sadduceeic1875 this-worldly1883 this world1889 1883 ‘M. Twain’ Life on Mississippi xlviii. 480 The guests were always this-worldly, and often profane. 1913 N. S. Talbot in Foundations 14 Thought of to-day is this-worldly. 1927 W. R. Inge Protestantism 12 A materialistic and wholly this-worldly apocalyptism. 1944 J. S. Huxley On Living in Revol. xv. 187 The Churches..feel themselves threatened by the rise of an outlook more concerned with social planning for this-worldly improvement than with individual concern for other-worldly salvation. 1978 J. Skorupski in Hookway & Pettit Action & Interpretation 83 It treats the magical and, by and large, the religious practices as ‘instrumental’: as attempts to control the course of events in such a way as to bring about this-worldly ends which the actors seek. ˈthis-worldness n. = this-worldliness n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > unspirituality > [noun] secularity1395 sieclec1400 worldlishipa1425 worldliness?c1430 worldlihoodc1443 mundanity1506 secularness?1529 carnality1548 carnalness1549 earthliness1549 rudiments of the world1557 Sadduceeism1577 Sadducism1581 earthly-mindedness1603 temporalness1611 worldly-mindedness1621 corporality1628 unspiritualness1642 civility1644 corporeity1653 materialism1822 unspirituality1843 secularism1851 terrestrialism1856 temporalism1872 this-worldliness1872 despiritualization1874 this-worldism1883 this-worldness1930 1930 G. Greene Two Witnesses 92 His sensitively spiritual soul could make no truce with any thisworldness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.c950
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